The NT5877 Square Kilometre

NT5877 National Grid Square

Based in the South Scotland region of Scotland.

The NT5877 square kilometre intersects with the settlement of East Linton.

NT5877 is within the post town of East Linton, East Lothian.

The square is within East Lothian council.

The Point of Origin (0,0) is 765.83 Kilometres away. This is where the National Grid starts around 80 kilometres west of the Isles of Scilly.

Ordnance Survey Maps for NT5877

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Map Series	link	Ordnance Survey
Explorer 1:25,000 351 Dunbar and North Berwick	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk	Buy Direct from the Ordnance Survey
Landranger 1:50,000 67 Duns Dunbar & Eyemouth	Shop for this map on amazon.co.uk

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 NT5877 and the vertical and horizontal line divides the square into four quadrants

Dividing the NT5877 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. NT , 58 and 77

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 NT + 58 + 3 + 77 + 5 would give you the six figure grid reference of NT583775

NT	58		77
NT	58	3	77	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	55.984122	-2.674874	358000	677000
South East Corner	55.984122	-2.658692	359000	677000
North West Corner	55.993193	-2.674874	358000	678000
North East Corner	55.993193	-2.658692	359000	678000