Monthly Archives: February 2014

Ancient bordermarker decaptivated

In automn last year I got this message from Lucien Thomas: the mediaval bordermarker besides bm036 has disappeared. That is to say: it was simply (and shamelessly) sawn from its base. See this article from the “Journal Sud-Ouest”:

Jacques Koleck sent me a picture of the current situation:

We can see what’s left over: the base. What also strikes: the famous table (see this webpage) has received an upgrade. The wooden logs have been replaced by stone banks which much have been done in 2011/2012.

Old postcards with bordermarkers

I was surprised by a collection of old postcards – emailed by Cayetano from Girona – with mainly the bordermarkers 574 and 575 on it. I will show you two of them.

We see bm574 and 575 on this peaceful scene. Bm574 was many years later replaced to the left to enlarge the space for the border-traffic. On its original place we now find a plaque with “bis” on it. See this webpage

And this one must be bm577