Welshpool, OS benchmark plate on Market Hall
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Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 5 Jun 2010
Ordnance Survey flush bracket benchmark fixed to the wall of the Market Hall which is behind the Town Hall. The bracket carries serial number S0237 with the S below the digits. The mark was levelled and verified in 1973 at 81.687m above Newlyn datum. More information on this and neighbouring brackets and their use can be found on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm20479