South Base Station, Lough Foyle Base Line
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South Base Station, Lough Foyle Base Line
Image: © Rossographer Taken: 12 May 2010
The South Base Station on the Lough Foyle Base Line, located in the village of Ballykelly. The station, dating from 1827-8, contains a Bench Mark that was originally levelled to 95.225 feet above sea level. The notes from the first geodetic levelling of Ireland 1839-43 record that the mark was on the "Surface of sandstone block, in which the platina wire is inserted at the South end of Base Line". Today the mark has a recorded height of 27.44 metres above MSL.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.042763
Longitude
-7.007873