Flush Bracket 178: Newtown, Roving Bridge   

Flush Bracket on S.E. face of Roving Bridge, over canal, Newtown [2GL].

Location
Grid reference: SO 7909 0556.
Landranger 162: Gloucester & Forest of Dean.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB178.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

177	Newton, Railway Bridge 774.21m to the southeast.
179	Chippenham Platt 896.27m to the northwest.
180	Westfield Bridge 1.26km to the northwest.
176	Stonehouse Bridge 1.58km to the southeast.
175	Ryeford 2.03km to the southeast.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Sharpness, 11.77km 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 92.6910 feet [28.2522 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 S.E. face of Roving Bridge, over canal, Newtown.

Logged Visits
Logged on 18th February 2007 by lackofluke. Condition: Destroyed.
The whole of the E face of the bridge is clearly visible, but there is no sign of an FB. A few modern red bricks look out of place and suggest one place the FB may well have been.