Burnfoot Bridge taking King Street over Speet Gill
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Burnfoot Bridge taking King Street over Speet Gill
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 3 Aug 2019
Ordnance Survey records indicate that a 1GL bolt benchmark was levevelled at 67.900 feet above Liverpool Datum on a bridge at this location in 1844 during the Kendal to Carlisle Survey. The surveyor's description was 'Mark 342. Bolt in North-west pier of Burnford Bridge ; 4.40 ft. below top of battlement'
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Image Location
Latitude
54.826622
Longitude
-3.157266