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Flush Bracket 2698: Hay, Crown Hotel   

Photo on OSBM
Flush Bracket on E. face of the Crown Hotel, Hay [2GL]; Crown Hotel, SE face, S angle.

Location
Grid reference: SO 2290 4247.
Landranger 148: Presteigne & Hay-on-Wye, Llanandras a'r Gelli Gandryll.
Landranger 161: Abergavenny & The Black Mountains.
Structure: Pub / Hotel.
Waypoint: FB2698.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
2699 Hay, Victoria Cottage 1.23km to the southwest.
2697 By Pontvain Bridge 1.53km to the northeast.
2700 Little Ffordd-fawr 3.27km to the southwest.
2696 Clifford, by Post Office 3.75km to the northeast.
11642 Hardwicke, The Haven, 3.86km to the east.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Brecon, 22.27km to the southwest.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This flush bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 297.2700 feet [90.6079 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Church Stretton to Brecon levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on E. face of the Crown Hotel, Hay.

Logged Visits
Logged on 5th April 2008 by jochta. Grid reference: SO 22911 42477. Condition: Good.
Crown Hotel set into pavement but the building is called Y Gelli Chambers and is now home to Jigsaw World and Teddy Bear Wonderland. FB painted thickly with black paint. http://maps.jochta.com/benchmarks.php?id=347

Logged on 17th June 2007 by superswifteagle. Condition: Good.
Y Gelli Chambers / Jigsaw / Teddy Bear shop. Roadside.

Logged on 20th February 2007 by iainmac. Grid reference: SO 2290 4246. Condition: Good.

Logged on 17th July 2005 by RHW. Grid reference: SO 229 424. Condition: Good.
Hay on Wye. Mr. Puzzles Jig-Saw World. W side of road 100m S of jct, SE angle S face. streetside

Logged on 11th February 2005 by the_cheshire_cat. Condition: Good.
At corner of building which is no longer hotel (although lettering set into pavement outside front door confirms it was originally the Crown Hotel), now a teddy bear shop, but is up for sale.
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