The NC7901 Square Kilometre

NC7901 National Grid Square

Based in the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland.

NC7901 is within the post town of Golspie, Sutherland.

The square is within Highland council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 943.21 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NC7901

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 441 Lairg, Bonar Bridge and Golspie		Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 17 Helmsdale & Strath of Kildonan	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey

This extract is taken from the Ordnance Survey six-inch to the mile series surveyed from 1888-1913. The scale is 1:10,560.

The Square overlayed over the map represents the extent of NC7901 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NC7901 Square to get a six figure Grid Reference

A helpful reminder for calculating grid references is across the landing and up the stairs.

For example if your house was located in a square that in the fourth square across and sixth square up and you wanted to work out its six figure grid refence.

First, You would divide the four figure grid reference into three parts. NC , 79 and 01

Count across starting with zero. This would give you three. Make a note that X for Across (A Cross) = 3.

Count up starting with zero. This would give you five. Make a note that Y = 5.

So to put it together NC + 79 + 3 + 01 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NC793015

NC	79		01
NC	79	3	01	5

A six figure grid reference would be accurate to 10 metres. To achieve a greater level of accuracy this 10 metre square would be divided into a grid 10 by 10 and the process repeated.

This would produce an 8 figure grid reference that would be accurate to a square metre!

Corner	Latitude	Longitude	Easting	Northing
South West Corner	57.981716	-4.048342	279000	901000
South East Corner	57.981716	-4.030931	280000	901000
North West Corner	57.990963	-4.048342	279000	902000
North East Corner	57.990963	-4.030931	280000	902000