well then
were they making a point about the age of the stone
or the circumstances of its placement
or what if anything else was said about the stone per se
m
>Aha! This tourist attraction was shown in the Pyrenees episode of
>"frontiers", the BBC programme.
>Brendan
>
>
>>From: Peter Smaardijk <peter.smaardijk@...>
>>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Bidasoa-Txingudi
>>Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 09:41:11 +0100
>>
>>michael donner wrote:
>>
>> > great
>> > thank you again
>> > & i will keep working on the treaty text link
>> >
>> > also
>> > neither my french nor eyesight are very good
>> > but are you talking about the same st martin stone as referred to in
>> > http://www.esj-lille.fr/atelier/explo/EPOQUE/NEP_06.HTM
>> >
>> > perhaps i only misconstrued the meaning of the date 1375 in relation to
>>the
>> > stone depicted
>> > but i also cant recall any of eefs that look anything like this
>> >
>> > m
>>
>>Yes, they're talking about the same stone here, but I will check with the
>>photograph I made and with
>>other sources, because there seems to be a difference between the stone in
>>the picture on that site
>>and border stone 262. In the 1856 treaty it says about stone 262:
>>
>>"At 530 metres of the previous sign, on the pass and at one metre of St.
>>Martins stone which is 640
>>metres east of the summit of LÈchÈ and 1260 metres west of the Arlas peak."
>>
>>The St. Martins stone is probably a very old one, but in 1856 they
>>obviously decided to put another
>>marker beside it.
>>
>>The treaty between the two valley was concluded in 1375. A payment of three
>>cows is made to the
>>Roncal/Erronkari valley, for the right of the BarÈtounais to let their
>>cattle graze on Roncalese
>>territory. The payment is made each year on July 13th. In the article it
>>says that they have turned
>>it into a veritable touristical highlight, attracting some 3000 visitors.
>>
>>Now for the scan of that little map, I ask you to be a little more patient
>>still, because of some
>>technical problems (I made the scan, but there's obviously something wrong
>>with it, as my browser
>>crashes when I try to open it...). But it's coming, I promise you.
>>
>>Peter
>>
>
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