On Mon, 2019-04-22 at 15:34 +0100, Roger Calvert wrote: > The Lake District National Park instructions to footpath > surveyors > recommends: > > > > "Where there are two items of furniture for the same crossing > (for > example, a gate and a stile alongside each other), then it is the > one highest up the hierarchy .. or the one definitely on the > definitive line, that is the most important." > > > > The gate is higher in their hierarchy than the stile, and thus > would > normally be considered to be the one on the PROW where there is > doubt about the definitive line. > > I would totally disagree with the above statement. At least assuming it is a public footpath and would tend to map both as Jerry has recommended.
However if mapping a single object I would map the stile. 1. The gate may be open the day I survey, but could well be closed depending on what livestock is in the fields. 2. A walker with mobility issues may find the stile a problem, if we map the gate then finding the stile could be an issue. If we map a stile and the walker encounters a gate then its a bonus. Fortunately we are rapidly getting rid of stiles, but its not unusual to find this situation with a kissing gate next to a larger gate. Phil (trigpoint)
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