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Flush Bracket 199: Cowgrove, Court Cottage   

Flush Bracket on S.E. corner of house, S. side of road, Cowgrove, 24 chains W. of Eye Bridge [2GL]; Court Cottage, S side of Cowgrove Road, E face, 0.3m from SE angle.

Location
Grid reference: ST 9907 0004.
Landranger 195: Bournemouth & Purbeck, Wimborne Minster & Ringwood.
Structure: Private house.
Waypoint: FB199.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
198 Cowgrove Farm 827.65m to the west.
192 Hillbutts, Elm Grove 1.03km to the northeast.
200 Netherwood Mead 1.07km to the southeast.
191 Wimborne, Brewery 1.62km to the east.
197 Kingston Lacy House 1.75km to the northwest.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Wimborne, 2.49km to the north.

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 66.3680 feet [20.2290 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Wimborne to Dorchester levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on S.E. corner of house, S. side of road, Cowgrove, 24 chains W. of Eye Bridge.

Logged Visits
Logged on 4th July 2008 by PHMB. Grid reference: ST 990 000. Condition: Couldn't find it.
Had a chat with NT tenant who had'nt seen FB but did point out a lot of fairly recent restoration work (house is several hundred years old). He did point out that the ground on wall concerned had been built up so FB may well be buried below ground level. Still called Court Cottage.

Logged on 21st June 2007 by iainmac. Condition: Couldn't find it.
May have looked at wrong building.
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