The top of the Sharpness Fundamental

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The top of the Sharpness Fundamental by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

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The top of the Sharpness Fundamental

Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 5 Mar 2025

Rare to find, a Fundamental Benchmark remains as a physical tool in the ever-increasingly digital surveying world. This one has kept its height tag, recording the monument at 113.90ft (34.716m).

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
51.720827
Longitude
-2.468839