OS FPBM 1813
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OS FPBM 1813

The Flush Plate Ordnance Survey Bench Mark Nr 1813, in the old bridge at Ponsandane; there is another plate at the bottom of Lariggan Hill, but it is damaged. Please do you know of any others in the area? These used to be used by locking in a baseplate on the theodolite and used as a trigonometrical station base. I suspect with satellite systems, these are now redundant, save for historical reasons, but I stand to be corrected.
There are a few of these located in and around the town; I m hoping to post some photos over the next few days.
 
Thank you ... there was a website which listed them all, but the present OS site only gives by search on location...an unknown location. It used to be possible to search by identifier.
 

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