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August 1, 2003

Great! I was wondering what OSBM was. Those look like likely links, as I was in the UK when I got this picture.

Any idea what the symbol between the O and the S is?

4.4k · August 1, 2003

My Foreign Mapping skills are lacking.

Would this not be the Greenwich Meridian.

O degrees,and maybe the other # is

South 30 degrees 12' (30 12.000)

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1.7k · August 1, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by GEO*Trailblazer 1:
South 30 degrees 12' (30 12.000)

Not unless they hooked a really big tugboat to the British Isles when nobody was looking.

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4.4k · August 1, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by GEO*Trailblazer 1:
My Foreign Mapping skills are lacking.

Would this not be the Greenwich Meridian.

O

I looked at the Globe real fasr I did see that 30 degrees started around the Canary Islands and Sata Cruz,Then East to Kuwaiit.

I wuz gessin

It may be the bench marks # as well like our system.

In the 1st link under information then glossary these are called active stations.

The arrow may also be the same as our designation Meridional Arrow,pointing the direstion to the true meridian.

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August 1, 2003

Actually, the arrow pointed straight up. That's why I suspected it was some sort of other symbol.

Note that this marker was at the top of a hill.

4.4k · August 1, 2003

Up, Azimuth to Polaris,again I am guessing so don't quote me!

Down in a plumb line,from Azimuth to the center of the Earth.True Meridian.

True Meridian is a line on the ground,this referenced by the plumb line, north and south from the point.

East and West would be a True Paralell,of Latitude.

Paralell of Latitude.

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August 1, 2003

Amazar -

I would guess the symbol between the O & S to be a surveyor's tripod. Surveyors have been using tripods - and that symbol to identify them - for hundreds of years.

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- Kewaneh

4.4k · August 1, 2003

ARROW

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August 4, 2003

OK, I've got it now. It's a United Kingdom Trig Point. Specifically, it is Arthurs Seat (which it should be, as that is where it is located - all the way at the top).

S3012 is its Ordnance Survey number.

I thought that the symbol between the O and S might represent a peak - since it does take a nice climb to get to it.

4.4k · August 4, 2003

What is its Value Ie. Long.,Lat,Elev.?

I see in the link you can search this way,I did not see PID search.

Is this it? www.visitor.com.au/asmaze.html

and www.arthursseatmaze.com.au/

Never mind I got close enough,did you find this one there????

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August 9, 2003

There were too many people around for me to go looking for that cache.

This landmark was set about a hundred feet away from the benchmark:

4.4k · August 10, 2003

Wow Is thre a link to that?

Can you explain a little more of what is itttt????

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August 11, 2003

It's a polished metal disk set on top of a concrete base. The base is about a meter tall. The disk is marked with the four points of the compass. I believe you can see the base of the E on the right and the base of the W on the left. The inscription near the center tells you where you are "Height of Arthur's Seat 250.5m" - approximately an 800 foot climb from the base - complete with coordinates "lat 55 56' 43.8" N long 3 9' 38.3W" (Sorry about no degree markers.)

Each of the engraved lines out from the center indicates the direction to some other landmark in Scotland.

For example, almost directly to the southeast there is "Craigmillar Castle" a distance of 2.4km from Arthur's Seat. It's height is 88m.

Around the edge of the disk is a relief indicating what the horizon looks like in each direction and what feature is seen on the horizon in that direction (unfortunately, I believe it's the horizon as seen from the benchmark, not the horizon as seen from this disk). For example, if you look of to the northeast, you can see at the horizon the "Mouth of the Forth"

I thought it was really cool. Definitely worth taking some time to look at if you are ever at Arthur's Seat.

4.4k · August 11, 2003

In Search of the HOLY GRAIL

Yes if I ever get there. I would like to become one of those famous.

Knights Templar'or Knights of the Round Table.

Or even just get near King Arthur's Seat,or Kingdom.

If I am not mistaken that is where the (stone) from Biblical Times lays,and the Knight's have all been Christened there.

http://www.kingarthursknights.com/theland/arthursseat.asp

www.scottishcrofters.com/arthurs_seat.htm

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