OS symbols basic quiz 2 - what is by the roadside

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This is a quiz to help the navigator of a vehicle on a road tell the driver what will be seen, where to stop. Each map is an extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 scale map, and the blue circle on each map is over a map symbol. (If you use the mouse to move the pointer over the blue circle, it disappears, making it easier to see the symbol.)
What is the symbol? What would you see?
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The Ordnance Survey symbols articleExternal link has links to the OS list of symbols, and also to Geograph photos showing examples of what the symbols depict.

[smallmap SW 8605 6775] Answer:{}
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[smallmap NT 8415 3982] Answer:{}
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[smallmap SD 4865 8925] Symbol is red line of short dashes south of road. What is it, and what would you expect to see at the roadside? {}
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[smallmap NO 5842 5912] Answer: {}
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[smallmap SK 7405 7412] Answer: {}
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[smallmap SN 5915 4225]What does the line of dashes both sides of the yellow road show? {}
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[smallmap SU 0093 2217] What does the arrowhead across the road show? {}
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[smallmap SS 2263 1054] What is the symbol? And where is the item located?{}
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[smallmap SH 7113 4007]What is the green area on both sides of the road?{}
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[smallmap NN 3018 3932] What are the red diamond symbols? Do they mean it is a motorable road?{}
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[smallmap SE 285 319] What do the dotted lines under the blue circle show? {}
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[smallmap NU 0618 4267] What might you see as you drive along this road?{}
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[smallmap SU 4830 8960] What do the blue dotted areas both sides of the road show? {}
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[smallmap SP 0107 3880] What is the rectangle with cross hatching inside?{}
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[smallmap SP 4148 2189] The symbol by the road junction is a thin triangle with a stepped line across the top. What is it? {}
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[smallmap NT 4945 8250]And this symbol is a vertical line with an X on top. What is it? {}
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[smallmap SH 3404 8531] What is this symbol? {}
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[smallmap TG 3845 3071] What is this symbol? {}
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[smallmap SS 8165 0025] What do the symbols both sides at the top of the road show? {}
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[smallmap NZ 3167 7455] What does the letter P stand for?{}
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[smallmap SP 2245 3760]There is a line of alternate dots and dashes. What is it? And what might you see driving along the road{}
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[smallmap SO 397 433] What is the grey shaded area? {}
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[smallmap TR 3274 5545] A black line with Vs beside it crosses the road. What would you see along the line? And at a V symbol? {}
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[smallmap SE 6138 9785] There is a line across the road in the blue circle. What is it? {}
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[smallmap SN 7380 7695] What is the red circle? {}
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