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SS5789 : Bishopston Fundamental Benchmark

near to Kittle, Swansea/Abertawe, Great Britain

Bishopston Fundamental Benchmark

Unlike the familiar triangulation points which have now largely been abandoned, the fundamental benchmarks are still in use by the Ordnance Survey as passive GPS stations (as mentioned by the modern plaques placed on these monuments by the OS). Indeed, a man from the O.S. was seen only a day or so previously with a GPSr on a tripod measuring this location.

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Grid Square: SS5789, 9 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Hywel Williams (find more nearby)
Image classification: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Wednesday, 27 May, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 29 May, 2009
Category: Bench Mark (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SS 574 893 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:35.1061N 4:3.5443W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SS 574 893
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)