Ordnance Survey Benchmark - Carmarthenshire Infirmary
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Ordnance Survey Benchmark - Carmarthenshire Infirmary
Image: © N Scott Taken: 2 Dec 2015
Ordnance Survey Benchmark (OSBM) used for levelling height above Ordnance Datum (OD). Height: 23.0551m OD (Newlyn). Mark verified by the Ordnance Survey in 1972. Description: P N ENT HOSPL NW FACE 4.0M N ANG WALL. 0.6m above ground. 3rd Order BM. The mark was included as a side level from Carmarthen FBM on the Carmarthen to Llandovery line of the Second Geodetic Levelling of England & Wales in 1913-1914. It was used on the Carmarthen to Abergavenny branch line (Carmarthen, Llanelly, Neath, Merthyr Tydfil & Abergavenny). It was levelled with a height of 75.692' above OD (Newlyn). Description: Old B.M. on gatepier, entrance to Carmarthenshire Infirmary. Page 49 of the abstract: http://trigtools.co.uk/data/Abstract_0049.PNG Context: Image]
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Image Location
Latitude
51.858936
Longitude
-4.300873