PA Bolt and Cut-mark, St.Mary's Arts Centre, Church Street, Colchester, Essex.
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greysman
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A nice PA Bolt and Cut-mark on the tower of St.Mary's Colchester Arts Centre.
Waymark Code: WMD2KJ
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/10/2011
Views: 5
The mediaeval church on this site was ruined in the Siege of Colchester 1648 and rebuilt in 1713-14 with the exception of the late C15 west tower, This had a new embattled stage of brick added to it in 1729. In 1872 the nave and chancel were rebuilt to the designs of Sir Arthur Bloomfield. The tower is built of a mixture of limestone rubble and flint with some courses of brick used for repairs, these bricks small enough to be Roman quite possibly taken from the old town wall which is adjacent to the building.
The PA bolt and cut-mark are to be found on the north-west buttress of the tower. It was last verified in 1962 at 34.6800m above Newlyn Datum and is 0.5m above ground level.
Type of Trigpoint: 1GL Bolt or PA Bolt and cut benchmark
Condition: Good
Number on Flush Bracket: none
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