Nineteenth-century benchmark on the Red Lion
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Nineteenth-century benchmark on the Red Lion
Image: © Shantavira Taken: 10 Oct 2015
This bench mark was established between 1850 and 1856 during the First primary levelling of England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 376.0090 feet [114.6075 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included on the Basingstoke to Coventry levelling line. The surveyor's description was "No. 150. Mark on the front of the Red Lion Inn, Long Compton Village; 2.78 ft. above surface." (Public Abstract p.238)
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Image Location
Latitude
51.988856
Longitude
-1.580262