Cut benchmark on the railway bridge
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Cut benchmark on the railway bridge
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 25 Mar 2012
A cut mark and bolt at the base of the sandstone pillar, on the north pier of the bridge, facing into Levedale Road. It was levelled at 265' above mean sea level, and used during the 1st Primary Levelling of England and Wales in the 1850s.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.727921
Longitude
-2.118654