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Projecting Bracket: Winfrith Heath   

Bracket on buttress, N.W. face of railway bridge, 15 chains S. from Broomhill Farm, Winfrith Heath [2GL]; PROJECTING BRACKET BASE NW SIDE RLY BR 7.0M SW BDY FENCE SIDE.

Location
Grid reference: SY 8100 8773.
Landranger 194: Dorchester & Weymouth, Cerne Abbas & Bere Regis.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: PB0085.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
G3068 Portway, Cottars 2.36km to the south.
G3067 Pounts Barn 2.43km to the southeast.
G3069 West Fossil Farm 3.03km to the southwest.
G3066 Wool, Police Station 3.41km to the east.
G3070 Galton Manor Farm 4.29km to the southwest.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Dorchester, 11.66km to the west.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This projecting bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 100.6850 feet [30.6888 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Wimborne to Dorchester levelling line. The surveyor's description was Bracket on buttress, N.W. face of railway bridge, 15 chains S. from Broomhill Farm, Winfrith Heath.

Logged Visits
Logged on 2nd May 2008 by dal. Condition: Unreachable but visible.
Railside (3rd rail electric). W face of bridge. Visible from above and opposite side of track (with binoculars).

Logged on 26th February 2007 by dal. Condition: Unknown.
Grid ref from OS database SY 8100 8773. Assume railside. Verified by OS 1951. Couldn't see from bridge above - which doesn't look original, but unclear when rebuilt.
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