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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Meynell
<knm@m...> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> >so is anyone aware of any interest in multipointing in the uk
> >be it actual or ghostly on any level
>
> There are people interested in tracing county boundaries (see
> http://www.alanheaton.co.uk/ and
>
http://www.bradfordhistorical.fsnet.co.uk/antiquary/third/vol04/bou
ndary.html#watersheddles),
> and indeed some parishes even continue to hold 'Beating of
the Bounds'
> ceremonies each year
>
(
http://www.lynsted-society.co.uk/html/beating_the_bounds.html)
.
> Unfortunately,
why so
i know you realize you didnt answer the question
or return the discussion to real topicality
& thats neither here nor there
but why is any of this unfortunate
I'm not aware of any dedicated multipointing tries, although
> that doesn't necessary mean they don't exist.
also it seems to me that what you have demonstrated is that the
uk tricounty points at least are quite important & real & ripe for
exploration & development here at bp
regardless of how they were created or of whether they are
marked by rocks etc
gb certainly could be a vital & very interesting new area
if anyone in the uk wanted to be real here
& this seems quite fortunate to me
>
> In any case, boundaries in the UK are normally described with
reference to
> surrounding features rather being than physically delineated.
You
> occasionally see old county and parish boundary stones
dotted around the
> place, but I don't believe these are officially maintained (or even
> relevant) any longer. AFAIK, district, borough and city
boundaries are
> almost never (if ever) physically marked. You have to rely on
Ordnance
> Survey maps to identify them, which only provide a close
approximation of
> the line.
>
> >& are there any known megapoints
>
> The lack of regularly-shaped divisions would appear to
minimise the
> possibilities, but there might be a county quadpoint where
Lincolnshire,
> Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire (Peterborough) and
Rutland meet. I'll have
> to get a bigger map to verify this.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kebin Meynell