Flush Bracket 1401: Widdale   

Flush Bracket on S.E. battlement of bridge, 5 chains S.W. from milestone, Lancaster 30 [2GL] - approximate location only; FB reported destroyed 21/05/1962.

Location
Grid reference: SD 8183 8703.
Landranger 98: Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB1401.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

1402	Widdale Foot, Old Dairy Farm 485.49m to the northeast.
1400	Long Gill Bridge 1.12km to the southwest.
1403	Widdale Bridge 1.19km to the northeast.
1404	Snaizeholme Bridge 2.05km to the northeast.
1399	Redshaw 2.13km to the southwest.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Ribblesdale, 13.68km to the south.

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 1029.1880 feet [313.6965 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Ribblesdale to Kirkby Stephen levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on S.E. battlement of bridge, 5 chains S.W. from milestone, Lancaster 30.

Third Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1950-68)
This flush bracket was used during the Third geodetic levelling, England & Wales. It was included on the Kirkby Stephen to Ribblesdale levelling line.

Logged Visits
Logged on 24th March 2006 by Calico. Condition: Couldn't find it.
Possibly buried under tarmac or grit/soil. Worth a revisit with a spade.