Benchmark at Baddinsgill
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Benchmark at Baddinsgill
Image: © Ian Dodds Taken: 21 Mar 2021
This stone - which I thought might have doubled up as a milestone, but it didn't according to old maps - sits at the junction of the road leading to Baddinsgill Reservoir and the road leading to Baddinsgill House. They, along with other houses round here, take the name Baddinsgill from Baddinsgill Burn. If the burn was situated in the North of England it would no doubt be simply called Baddins Gill. Gill means narrow ravine, and since there is always a stream in a ravine it now generally just refers to the stream. The benchmark is shown on the first couple of OS maps and the height given is 1000.7 feet.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.779492
Longitude
-3.395018