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Originally Posted by hollydog
In the distance, by the gorse bushes is another identical marker, about 50 metres north of the boundary stone. I think they are not related to the boundary stone and are some kind of navigational markers? although the inland one surely cannot be seen from the sea?
Note the wooden pole in the distance - anyone know its origins? and don't say a tree!
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One of the maps on the Northumberland Communities site for Warkworth, 2nd edition 6" to 1 ml (1897) shows a flagstaff and then flagstaff and targets north of the boundary stone, part of the rifle ranges. The first edition (1860) shows Goose Island.