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Flush Bracket 2485: Shilvington Bridge   

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Flush Bracket on W. wall of Shilvington Bridge [2GL] - FB reported "returned to HQ".

Location
Grid reference: NZ 1490 7980.
Landranger 88: Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham & Sunderland.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB2485.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
G2742 Shilvington 1.46km to the northeast.
G2743 Ogle Flatts Farm 1.58km to the southwest.
2486 Cock Hill 1.78km to the northeast.
G2744 Kirkley March, Old Schoolhouse 2.63km to the south.
G2741 East Edington Farm 3.39km to the north.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Longhorsley, 14.76km 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 216.9640 feet [66.1306 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Hexham to Longhorsley levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on W. wall of Shilvington Bridge.

Logged Visits
Logged on 18th December 2006 by iainmac. Condition: Probably destroyed.
I checked streamside of the W parapet but no sign. Its only hope is to be buried.
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