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welshwhit
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Os map symbol question...

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:oops:
A bit embarrassing, I've used OS maps most of my life, but I can't work out / find out what the hell this symbol is on the online 1:50000 maps from OS?!

Any ideas?

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thanks

Drew
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Mike
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Iv never even seen it ??
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UFO hotspot :ugeek: .
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"Natural Resources Wales", which im guessing just means windmills

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/l ... legend.pdf
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Chew wrote:"Natural Resources Wales", which im guessing just means windmills

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/l ... legend.pdf
Note: Wales only. For woodlands it represents anything that was formally classified as Forestry Commission, but will now include all government owned non-forestry land - which might be wind farms, or restored habitat areas (dry heath, peat bog, grassland and so on)
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I assumed it was a portal to a different dimension.
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Schrodingers forest

Does the tree even fall down if there's no one there to witness it?
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Looks like the geocache symbol I have on my gps, so not technically on the map but more stored on the gps' memory - I think you can switch them off - ignore that Chew is right, it just looked similar . . . Should really read the thread properly!
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Cheers folks, it seems the Os app shows an outdated legend!

Thanks

Drew
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