Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Benchmark Bonanza

If you thought trigpointing was good – you’ll love this one.  This is the Ordnance Survey benchmark locator – they’re everywhere I even spotted one from the car window on the way to Coniston.  The Trespass Stone is an even more attractive location now that a benchmark has been located on the gatepost.  There’s also one on the gatepost at the top of the ramp.  There are two on Nic’O’s drive etc…     All you need is the Km square coordinates for your chosen search eg  SD6614 for the Trespass Stone.   You can then download them as a spreadsheet to take with you.  Sent some of you your local benchmarks via email.   How many can you locate?

This is what you’re looking for:

benchmarks (1 of 1)

Standard Benchmark

benchmarks (1 of 2)

Pivot (top) Benchmark

benchmarks (2 of 2) Eroded much older benchmark.

Let us know how many you find.

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