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Land Features

Displayed below are symbols commonly used on Ordnance Survey maps to represent land features:

Beacon
Buildings
Important (Public) Building
Bunkhouse or Camping Barn
Bus or Coach Station
Chimney or Tower
Glass Structure
Heliport
Lighthouse
Mast
Slopes
Electricity Transmission Line
Pipe Line (arrow displays direction of flow)
Gravel Pit
Sand Pit
Quarry or Other Pit
Refuse Tip, Spoil Heap or Dump
Triangulation Pillar
Wind Generator
Wind Pump
Windmill
Place of Worship
Place of Worship (with spire, minaret or dome)
Place of Worship (with tower)
Youth Hostel

See also: Symbols for Vegetation.


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