An Unknown Map Symbol

[The Welsh Windbag]

I'm off to Titterstone Clee Hill for a map reading exercise soon. Looking at
the Explorer map for the region there is a symbol that I don't understand.

Starting at the mast at the radar station (SO 5981 7785) is a linear
feature, running anticlockwise, contouring around mostly near the 490 metre
contour, eventually climbing towards Giant's Chair after crossing the
(parish?) boundary.

I can't make out what the cartographer is trying to tell us about this
feature. From Google Earth it looks like a wide stone track.

Can anyone enlighten me, please?
--
Lyndon

[Bob Douglas]

>"The Welsh Windbag" wrote in message
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I think you may find it's the line of boulders forming the secondary
defences of the old hill-fort, as in the second picture here:

http://www.secretshropshire.org.uk/Content/Learn/Landscape/Defence.asp

[The Welsh Windbag]

>"The Welsh Windbag" wrote in message
>news:9eSdnZt_F7aONrXM...@bt.com...
>I'm off to Titterstone Clee Hill for a map reading exercise soon. Looking
>at the Explorer map for the region there is a symbol that I don't
>understand.

>Starting at the mast at the radar station (SO 5981 7785) is a linear
>feature, running anticlockwise, contouring around mostly near the 490 metre
>contour, eventually climbing towards Giant's Chair after crossing the
>(parish?) boundary.

>I can't make out what the cartographer is trying to tell us about this
>feature. From Google Earth it looks like a wide stone track.

>Can anyone enlighten me, please?

"Bob Douglas" wrote

>I think you may find it's the line of boulders forming the secondary
>defences of the old hill-fort, as in the second picture here:
>
>http://www.secretshropshire.org.uk/Content/Learn/Landscape/Defence.asp

Thank you Bob. That is certainly consistent with the Google Earth image of
the area.
--
Lyndon

[Phil Cook]

On 23/02/2013 12:14, Bob Douglas wrote:
>> "The Welsh Windbag" wrote in message
>> news:9eSdnZt_F7aONrXM...@bt.com...
>> I'm off to Titterstone Clee Hill for a map reading exercise soon. Looking
>> at the Explorer map for the region there is a symbol that I don't
>> understand.
>
>> Starting at the mast at the radar station (SO 5981 7785) is a linear
>> feature, running anticlockwise, contouring around mostly near the 490 metre
>> contour, eventually climbing towards Giant's Chair after crossing the
>> (parish?) boundary.
>
>> I can't make out what the cartographer is trying to tell us about this
>> feature. From Google Earth it looks like a wide stone track.
>

> I think you may find it's the line of boulders forming the secondary
> defences of the old hill-fort, as in the second picture here:
>
> http://www.secretshropshire.org.uk/Content/Learn/Landscape/Defence.asp

On the 50k it is shown like a field boundary on a 25k.

On the 25k, going by the key, it is a line of scree.

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/key/25k_English_Legend.pdf
--
Phil Cook

[The Welsh Windbag]

>> "The Welsh Windbag" wrote in message
>> news:9eSdnZt_F7aONrXM...@bt.com...
>> I'm off to Titterstone Clee Hill for a map reading exercise soon. Looking
>> at the Explorer map for the region there is a symbol that I don't
>> understand.
>
>> Starting at the mast at the radar station (SO 5981 7785) is a linear
>> feature, running anticlockwise, contouring around mostly near the 490
>> metre
>> contour, eventually climbing towards Giant's Chair after crossing the
>> (parish?) boundary.
>
>> I can't make out what the cartographer is trying to tell us about this
>> feature. From Google Earth it looks like a wide stone track.

Bob Douglas wrote:
> I think you may find it's the line of boulders forming the secondary
> defences of the old hill-fort, as in the second picture here:
>
> http://www.secretshropshire.org.uk/Content/Learn/Landscape/Defence.asp

"Phil Cook" wrote

>On the 50k it is shown like a field boundary on a 25k.
>On the 25k, going by the key, it is a line of scree.
>http://www.streetmap.co.uk/key/25k_English_Legend.pdf

My first thought when I saw the Google Earth image was that it looked like
scree, but I thought the symbol used on the 25K map looked quite different
from the symbol for scree. That was when I started to get confused. On the
map it is just solid dots of varying size and instensity, where scree is a
collection of boulder symbols (open circles rather than dots). To me it
looks closer to the symbol for the edge of a gravel pit. I guess the
cartographer had to use the best symbol available to him to convey what was
there.