Bench Mark, Middletown
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Bench Mark, Middletown
Image: © Rossographer Taken: 18 Feb 2016
Bench mark on the front of the old Middletown Market House Image It consists of a cut mark with a copper bolt driven into the front wall and dates from the 1st geodetic levelling of Ireland which took place in 1839-43. It is the 70th mark in a line stretching from Newtownbutler to Belfast (ending at Image) which passed through Clones, Monaghan, Armagh, Lurgan and Lisburn. The original remarks describe it as a "Copper bolt driven into the wall of Middletown Market House; 3.5 feet above centre of road" and it was originally levelled to 151.777 feet above sea level.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.292526
Longitude
-6.844211