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Flush Bracket 685: Melbourne Arms PH   

Flush Bracket on S.E. angle of the Melbourne Arms P.H., Ashby Road, Melbourne [2GL] - FB reported 1952 as inaccessible.

Location
Grid reference: SK 3817 2480.
Landranger 128: Derby & Burton upon Trent.
Structure: Pub / Hotel.
Waypoint: FB685.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
684 Melbourne, Robinson's Hill 430.46m to the west.
686 Melbourne, Church Street 615.87m to the northeast.
301 Melbourne, Mount Boot Factory 623.62m to the north.
687 Melbourne, Park Drive 1.04km to the east.
G2354 Melbourne, Hawthorn House 1.09km to the north.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Melbourne, 1.84km to the west.

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 223.4940 feet [68.1210 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Melbourne to Nuneaton and Melbourne to Waltham-on-the-Wolds levelling lines. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on S.E. angle of the Melbourne Arms P.H., Ashby Road, Melbourne.

Logged Visits
Logged on 6th November 2004 by RHW. Condition: Probably destroyed.
SE angle has been altered, maybe on E face (concrete facing - lumpy but no trace of FB) or covered by extension to S face

Logged on 21st August 2004 by RodS. Condition: Probably destroyed.
If on E face, either rendered over or else buried below footway; if on S face, may be hidden inside extension. Not found marked on any maps.
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