1GL benchmark & bolt on Eglwys y Santes Fair, Llanfairfechan
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1GL benchmark & bolt on Eglwys y Santes Fair, Llanfairfechan
Image: © Meirion Taken: 1 Dec 2011
This inverted 1GL benchmark & bolt is located on the SE face of Eglwys y Santes Fair in Llanfairfechan. It was used during the Ordnance Survey's First Primary Levelling on the line between Warrington and Pembroke Docks, between September 1851 and July 1852. This mark was a branch levelling from mark No. 257 on the main levelling line and was 185.9510ft above the Liverpool datum.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.251658
Longitude
-3.975597