TrigpointingUK

Yes been up here today, the trig is completely destroyed, just a pile of rubble, no sign of bracket or spider in the vicinity, real shame on such a lovely summit, I wasn't expected to see it destroyed, should have looked at forum before we went!

Cheers for the info and pictures guys, I found the trig in spring last year so I cannot really remember what the top had looked like, I thought it may have just looked like the normal spider because I don't remember the top being any different but I could be wrong, I wished we had took more photos ...

If interested I've uploaded a picture of the trig I found onto the Pykestone Hill trig page (TP5545). The photo's too big to post on here.

Ok cheers for the info, I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few of these hillside pillars round here.

I haven't got a GPS yet so cannot give you an exact location but the trig must be around NT 19154 30837 just up from the woodland right on the lower hillside we have a photo of the pillar as well. It does look exactly like a normal trig pillar.

On a walk in the Southern Uplands I found a trig pillar that isn't logged on the website, it may not be OS even though it looks exactly the same in dimensions, from what I can remember it had a spider on top but probably no bracket on side, the strangest thing about the pillar is its right on the ...