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LocationEngland
Cambridgeshire
Swavesey
N side of: Cow Fen Road (track)
Distance (N) from Greenwich
OS map detailsOS Explorer: 225
OS grid refTL 36351.68993
(536351,268993)
WGS84 lat/long52.302140, -0.001729
TypePlaque (post)
Marking date2000
AccessUnrestricted
Greenwich Meridian Marker; England; Cambridgeshire; Swavesey
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20 Feb 2005

One of four identical marks set up though the village to celebrate the millennium. At the time of the millennium, a time capsule was buried at the end of the lane on the village green. It contained artefacts from Swavesey children and Britain the book of the millennium by Anthony Osmond-Evans.