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10th Feb 2024  11:59  by peregrinus

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Metal rod marker in concrete block. Easy find with sketch albeit 30cm rooty dig. 16.95m NW of former sapling now a mature ash tree. Easier landmark is smaller tree with short wooden post, block is 0.8m to its L, 1.5m from road edge, at front edge of hedge which has recently been trimmed, helps a lot. Thanks to Jonglew for sourcing the sketch

Metal rod marker in block

19th Jun 2020  17:45  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

Searched N verge, probed and pruned for a while. Fairly hard ground. Maybe better in winter. 2023 update - OS sketch added, may help?

Brambly north verge
OS sketch

3rd Jul 2017  08:28  by jonglew

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Hard and narrow grass verge, doesn't make easy finding. Prodded the ground for a few minutes only before deciding not to pursue this one with any rigour. ***Revisited 16 Jun 2023 with the OS Sketch. Measured the 83.5m and the 16.95m... they didn't coincide, leaving a 1.5 - 2m stretch of hedgerow to search. Concentrated on the 83.5m point, as unknown if the maturing tree was the sapling the OS measured from. The 1.55m from roadside puts the block within the thorn hedgerow. Cut away some of the hedge but was unable to make any meaningful ground probing, therefore no digging. ***Revisited 18 Feb 2024 with No 1 son and No 1 grandson. Thorn hedgerow nicely cut back now so block fully accessible. Paced out 17m from the (former) sapling and immediately saw peregrinus' excavation. Confirm a rod in conc block. Backfilled the hole after photography.

Somewhere here lies a Block TP22551©jonglew
Is that tree the sapling the OS measured from back in 1974 TP22551©jonglew
No 1 Grandson feeling pleased TP22551©jonglew
The excavated Block TP22551©jonglew
The rod marker TP22551©jonglew

28th Aug 2016  15:38  by CJO

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Nothing found worth digging for but there is evidence of new-ish planting in the now very wide hedge so this may have been lost to those works.

Riseley