Gatepost with benchmark
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Gatepost with benchmark by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 6 Jul 2010
It would be hard work getting a levelling staff close to this mark with the extent of vegetation. Fortunately some removal of roadside vegetation meant that access was in fact not too difficult; more of a hazard was the barbed wire on top of the remains of the gate.