GPO telephone cable marker, High Hesket
Introduction
The photograph on this page of GPO telephone cable marker, High Hesket by Rose and Trev Clough as part of the Geograph project.
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GPO telephone cable marker, High Hesket
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 29 Sep 2013
Located just behind the red car in this photo Image . We were pleased to find this, having seen similar examples on the Geograph website - Image gives a good explanation of their function. The iron posts have a royal cypher at the top, an early one with VR is shown here Image . The shape of the crown appears to be the same on all of them regardless of reign (unlike on letter boxes). The marker at High Hesket says ER - it looks pretty ancient so we'd guess it dates from the Edwardian rather than the Elizabethan era.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.791648
Longitude
-2.8166