Flush Bracket 249: Thorney   

Flush Bracket on base of abutment of bridge over railway, Thorney [2GL]; railway bridge, SE angle, N abutment (last levelled and verified 1913).

Location
Grid reference: ST 4280 2310.
Landranger 193: Taunton & Lyme Regis, Chard & Bridport.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB249.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

250	Muchelney 1.75km to the north.
251	Huish Episcopi 3.21km to the north.
1710	Hambridge Flour Mills and Brewery 3.21km to the west.
248	Coat 3.70km to the southeast.
252	Langport Railway Station 3.74km to the north.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is North Petherton, 17.56km to the northwest.

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 32.9240 feet [10.0352 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Thornford to North Petherton levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on base of abutment of bridge over railway, Thorney.

Logged Visits
Logged on 7th March 2006 by the_cheshire_cat. Condition: Unknown.
Disused railway embankment and trackbed too overgrown to see if FB down there, but presume it will be, as bridge seems unaltered.