2017
NO2507 : Benchmark in Falkland
taken 8 years ago, near to Falkland, Fife, Scotland
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Benchmark in Falkland
This building, where the Laich Road leaves Pleasance NO2507 : Laich Road, Falkland, carries an interesting marking on one of the stones - a 'benchmark'. Once used by the OSGB benchmarks have been superseded by modern methods of surveying such as GPS and most are no longer used. A benchmark consists of a horizontal slot chiselled into the stone with an arrow underneath pointing upwards. They were used to find heights above sea level calculated from a datum point located at Newlyn in Cornwall Link
See Falkland article Link

See Falkland article Link