Sunrise Hill Triangulation pillar

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Sunrise Hill Triangulation pillar by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.

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Sunrise Hill Triangulation pillar

Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 15 Mar 2009

Considerable force must have been used to knock the pillar down, but it does give an insight into the construction of a pillar, with the embedded brass datum stud now exposed to view

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
52.995494
Longitude
-1.160848