Hoog waterstenen - Molenaarsgraaf, the Netherlands
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Becktracker
N 51° 52.482 E 004° 48.869
31U E 624908 N 5748658
Stones showing the high water levels of 1741, 1809 and 1820 at a farm house
Waymark Code: WM14TBZ
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 08/21/2021
Views: 2
NL:
Bij een klusje op de Graafdijk-West hoorde ik over een boerderij met drie hoogwatermerken. Deze boerderij is de Graafdijk-West 10-11. Op de noordwesthoek zijn inderdaad drie stenen ingemetseld, die de hoogte van de overstromingen van 1741, 1809 en 1820 laten zien. De stenen bevatten de volgende tekst:
Anno 1740 en één
stond het water aan desen steen
1809 is het water aan desen steen gestegen
1819 en een stond het water aan desen steen
ENG:
During a job on the Graafdijk-West I heard about a farm with three flood marks. This farm is the Graafdijk-West 10-11. Indeed, on the northwest corner three stones have been built in, which show the height of the floods of 1741, 1809 and 1820. The stones contain the following text:
Anno 1740 and one
the water stood on this stone
1809 the water has risen on this stone
1819 and one stood the water on this stone
Natural or man made event?: Natural
What type of marker?: cornerstones
When did this occur?: 1741, 1809, 1820
Website related to the event..: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.