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place:- trig point, SD1354985488
site name:- Black Combe
parish Whicham parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
trig point
Altitude 1971 feet
coordinates:- SD1354985488
10Km square:- SD18
References OS website

1Km square SD1385

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trig point, SD1354985488 -- Black Combe -- Whicham -- Cumbria / -- 1.10.2007
photograph

trig point, SD1354985488 -- Black Combe -- Whicham -- Cumbria / -- 1.10.2007

descriptive text:- OS 1967

Ordnance Survey
Position, NGR coordinates, metres (to nearest mm):-
313 549.149 / 485 488.093
Position, latitude and longitude, degrees minutes decimal seconds:-
54 15 27.3224 / 03 19 28.0451 W
site name:- Black Combe
trig point, primary
date:- 1936=1937
period:- 1930s

This was a primary triangulation station.
James, Henry: 1875: Account of the Methods and Processes ... the Ordnance Survey: HMSO (London)

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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