Cancelled benchmark on N side of the former A5
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Cancelled benchmark on N side of the former A5
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 24 Sep 2022
The 1882 map, published shortly after the 1st Primary Levelling of the country in the period between 1840-1860, shows several benchmarks along this stretch of Watling Street, variously at about 371ft, 373ft, 384ft and 380ft above Liverpool datum. This mark looks like it was one of those; from its location it's probably the 373ft or 384ft mark. However, it appears that the low wall bounding the north side of the road has been rebuilt at some stage, the stone's been moved and reset into the wall in a non-original location, and the mark's been cancelled as a result.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.694936
Longitude
-2.513687