OS benchmark - Codsall, entrance to Greenhills Farm
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Image: © Richard Law Taken: 27 Jul 2016
A venerable and rather rare OS cutmark on a gatepost at the entrance to Greenhills. This was cut in 1900, and levelled at 432' 11" above Ordnance Datum Liverpool. Most surviving benchmarks are recorded against Newlyn Datum.