Shacklabank Lane benchmark
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Shacklabank Lane benchmark
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 23 Jul 2009
After vegetation clearance and some digging the rock bearing the rivet on its top surface was exposed. There are the usual arrow cuts denoting an OS benchmark on the vertical front face of the rock. The mark was levelled at 200.2518m above Newlyn datum and verified in 1970.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.32512
Longitude
-2.585919