The NS6983 Square Kilometre

NS6983 National Grid Square

Based in the Central Scotland region of Scotland & Mid Scotland and Fife region of Scotland.

NS6983 is within the post towns of Denny, Stirlingshire & Glasgow, Lanarkshire.

The square is within North Lanarkshire & Stirling councils.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 734.06 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NS6983

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 348 Campsie Fells	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 57 Stirling & The Trossachs		Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 64 Glasgow Motherwell & Airdrie	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 NS6983 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NS6983 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. NS , 69 and 83

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 NS + 69 + 3 + 83 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NS693835

NS	69		83
NS	69	3	83	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	56.021941	-4.103807	269000	683000
South East Corner	56.021941	-4.087287	270000	683000
North West Corner	56.031192	-4.103807	269000	684000
North East Corner	56.031192	-4.087287	270000	684000