TrigpointingUK

Hi... :( Assume you mean GPO, not GPS? Seems unlikely (though just about possible); there are ones marked VR which implies installed pre-1901; telephones only came to this area in 1899. Have had professional surveyors tell me these things are benchmarks... This just gets more intriguing. Someone ...

After further investigations, consensus seems to be that this is a type of Ordnance Survey benchmark. They are used to mark heights above Fundamental Bench Marks, and carried either a printed plate or cast figures to indicate the height. This all seem to make sense; carrying the monarch's regnal ...

er.jpg vr.jpg Have recently found these cast iron markers; originally I thought they were fire hydrant plates but on further research I believe they are some form of trig point. (Full-size pictures are at http://derektp.co.uk/dsci0220.jpg and http://derektp.co.uk/dsci0221.jpg) I assume they relate ...