[Talk-GB] Gate Pillars (Old Houses & Estates)

[Edward Catmur]

Taginfo shows:
man_made=gate_post (23)
man_made=gate_pillar (17)
man_made=gatepost (11)
man_made=gate_pier (6)
historic=gate_pier (9)
historic=gatepole (2)
historic=gate_post (1)

No obvious winner, and whatever you choose should get a decent boost. You
can of course use both man_made= and historic=. Given that Historic England
describes them as gate piers, perhaps man_made=gate_pier +
historic=gate_pier?

You'll also want to tag the listing status, see
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:heritage#England

On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 15:40, Tony Shield <tonyosm9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't find on wiki anything which describes gate pillars.
>
> Often found at the entrance to a substantial estate, and often about 2
> metres in height with a base of say 1 metre squared, often with special
> carving, inscriptions and shapes. For many of them the previously hung
> gates have been removed.
>
> Historic England have listed some of them in my locality -
>
> https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1072466 -
> four of them with no gates attached.
>
> https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1204419 - two
> of them with modern gates attached so I have listed as barrier=gate,
> however this may be inadequate.
>

The barrier= tag should go on the (high)way that runs between them, not on
the gate pillars themselves, I would think. You could put
removed:barrier=gate at sites where the gate has been removed.

As these are listed they fall within the quarterly project of Tourism.
>
> Any advice as to how to tag them gratefully accepted.
>
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