Battered and bruised
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Battered and bruised by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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Battered and bruised
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 13 Jul 2013
But still the rivet can be seen. This particular milestone has been here long before the Royal Navy developed the air station, and has had a benchmark on it since the early 1900s. Today it still retains a rivet, although it was probably not installed until later. See http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm49848 for the entry in the Benchmark Database and Image] for a view of what's left of the milestone.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.014228
Longitude
-2.644569