Now that is a surprise. 1480 is indeed a respectable age.
One little question: do you (or anyone else) know what this border
stone originally was dividing? As you say, it has the c-o-a of the
county of Bentheim on both sides. An "intra-comitational" boundary
(is this correct English?)? Or what??
Peter S.
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Harry ten Veen" <pa8km@a...> wrote:
> Here are the results of the bidding:
> everybody was to pessimistic.
>
> The oldest stone along one of the Dutch borders is:
> Bordermarker nr. 20 near De Lutte in the province of Overijssel.
> This stone dates back to around 1480 !
>
> My source is this book:
> Monumenten in Nederland, 3 - Overijssel.
> Ronald Stenvert, Zwolle (Waanders), 1998.
>
> Quote:
> "De zandstenen grenssteen nr. 20 dateert uit omstreeks 1480 en
draagt aan
> weerszijden de wapens van het graafschap Bentheim. Het is de oudste
> grenssteen langs de Nederlandse Rijksgrens."
>
> My translation:
> The sandstone borderstone nr. 20 dates back to around 1480 en
carries the
> coat of arms of Grafschaft Bentheim at both sides. It is the oldest
> bordermarker along the Dutch border.
>
> I invite you to visit my website
> http://leden.tref.nl/~veenhh/borderland.htm
> - enter BorderLand, click on "national" and look for Overijssel.
>
> There is also a link to a (topo)map.
>
> Gl
> Harry ten Veen