OS benchmark - Seascale, railway bridge abutment

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OS benchmark - Seascale, railway bridge abutment

Image: © Richard Law Taken: 31 Aug 2015

The rather weathered remains of an OS cutmark on the sandstone of the railway bridge abutment; the almost vanished datum line was originally levelled at 9.071m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.395251
Longitude
-3.483934