If you omit the fourth digit it looks about right (based on your description). On Multimap it looks like this...
http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?grid=SM818315&scale=25,000
Obviously you'll need the 'SM' at the start (i.e. SM818315). Sorry if I'm guilty of trying to teach Granny to suck eggs.
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Did you see my thread about CARN? Once they've sorted that out it might be worth taking another look to see whether a site *is* listed at your grid reference (or thereabouts).
K x