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

[SK53]

A bit after the fact, unfortunately.

I have been thinking a bit about the alternative options in these cases and
I suspect gate pier may be a little obscure compared with gate post, cf
Torpfosten (https://dict.leo.org/german-english/gatepost) whereas a
suitable translation for pier - Stuetze - comes way down the set
of.meanings.

More positively I think gate_finial can be added as a secondary tag. Most
historic gate piers will have finials, ranging from simple spheres to more
elaborate ones including pineapples.

On Wed, 21 Jul 2021, 09:02 Paul Berry, <pmberry2007 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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