Benchmark, Askham Hall Gate
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Benchmark, Askham Hall Gate
Image: © Adrian Taylor Taken: 18 May 2022
Detail of the Ordnance Survey cut benchmark on the south face of the western gatepost of the carriage drive entrance to Askham Hall. The benchmark is not listed on the Ordnance Survey Database, but is shown as marking a height of 604.4ft above sea level (Ordnance Datum Liverpool) on the 1915 edition of the Ordnance Survey map (location photograph Image).
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Image Location
Latitude
54.60734
Longitude
-2.750652