Flush Bracket 127: Oatlands Bridge   

Flush Bracket on E. face of Oatlands Bridge over canal [2GL]; E side of Oatlands Bridge, S side of arch, canal filled in.

Location
Grid reference: SU 1481 9683.
Landranger 163: Cheltenham & Cirencester, Stow-on-the-Wold.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB127.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

128	Blackburr Bridge 398.25m to the southwest.
129	Hill Mead Bridge 1.03km to the southwest.
126	Kempsford Bridge 1.29km to the east.
130	Marston Meysey Bridge 1.74km to the west.
125	High Bridge 2.15km to the east.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Buckland, 18.74km to the east.

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 253.7450 feet [77.3415 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Buckland to Sapperton levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on E. face of Oatlands Bridge over canal.

Logged Visits
Logged on 2nd February 2008 by RHW. Grid reference: SU 1481 9683. Condition: Good.
E face 0.5m from NE angle of S buttress of ex canal bridge. Bridge standing in splendid isolation in pasture.

Logged on 21st January 2007 by lackofluke. Condition: Good.
The bridge is still in good shape, although there is no canal any more. The FB is intact and clearly visible from the top of the bridge.

The 2GL Buckland-Sapperton line follows the Thames & Severn Canal from Inglesham near Lechlade, to Coates near Sapperton. 29 FBs were placed on bridges and other such structures along the route of the canal. The canal fell into disuse early in the previous century, and as a result many of them have been lost. This is only the second one I am aware of that still exists.

Logged on 2nd July 2006 by lackofluke. Condition: Couldn't find it.
Got about 50m away from this one before the only way on seemed to be along a hopelessly overgrown track. Bridge is still marked on maps but canal is no longer there.