Flush Bracket 155: Sapperton, Canal Tunnel   

Flush Bracket on stone pier, S.W. end of wall over entrance to Sapperton Canal Tunnel [2GL].

Location
Grid reference: SO 9432 0336.
Landranger 163: Cheltenham & Cirencester, Stow-on-the-Wold.
Structure: Other.
Waypoint: FB155.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

154	Sapperton, St Kenelm's Church 431.86m to the east.
156	Daneway Bridge 451.00m to the west.
151	Sapperton, Manor Farm 495.18m to the southeast.
G2679	Sapperton Tunnel, Air Shaft 1.21km to the south.
157	Whitehall Bridge 1.44km to the west.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Sapperton, 870.92m to the southeast.

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 380.4730 feet [115.9682 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Sapperton to Sharpness levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on stone pier, S.W. end of wall over entrance to Sapperton Canal Tunnel.

Logged Visits
Logged on 4th February 2007 by lackofluke. Condition: Probably destroyed.
The 'wall' is the Daneway Portal, which stands over the northwest end of the 2-mile-long Sapperton Canal Tunnel. A plaque reveals that the portal was restored in 1996. I could find no sign of the FB.