OS benchmark - New Oscott, gatehouse
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OS benchmark - New Oscott, gatehouse
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 9 Aug 2018
A rather weathered OS cutmark on a stone in the doorway of the (locked) gatehouse to St Mary's college grounds; it was originally levelled around 1850 as part of the First Primary Levelling of the country at 461ft 11in above Liverpool Datum.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.546427
Longitude
-1.856077