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Re: Pendle Hill by aussteiger on Sunday, 20 May 2012

Sent to me by Danny in Yorkshire (john Dixon)

Report, Account of the Observations and Calculations of the Principal Triangulation, by Captain Alexander R Clarke, published by the Ordnance Survey, London, 1858.

PENDLE HILL, 1841. There is a round conical barrow about 10 feet diameter upon the hill. The centre of the barrow is the station, and is marked by a stone measuring 30 inches by 18, with a hole jumped in it.

Altitude above mean sea level:- 1816.4 feet

Position, latitude and longitude, degrees minutes decimal seconds 53 52 6.43 / 2 17 48.68

place name:- Pendle Hill

coordinates:- 53d 52m 6.43s N, 2d 17m 48.68s W

Altitude 1816.4 feet

date:- 1858

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