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

[Paul Berry]

Hi,

Thanks for the guidance. I've mapped this historic pair now I know how to
tag them:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/8937962759
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/8937962760

Regards,
*Paul*

On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 16:59, Edward Catmur via Talk-GB <
talk-gb at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> 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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