by clochandighter » Sun Aug 10, 2014 10:52 am
Congratuations 'tomaszewski '.
Although not completely unheard of, trig refinds are extremely rare, so very well done on finding 10744. Even more unusual for a refind is that it is apparently still standing at its original location. I don't know the circumstances of the 1992 development but if it has survived twenty odd years, then any planning consent for that parcel of land will have lapsed long ago, so this pillar is probably safe for the foreseeable time, unless there is a new planning application in hand or developer already working very near to the trig.
This pillar was new in February 1960 and like other 10000 series FB trigs in Secondary Block TM23 (Ipswich) were late additions with most of that Block being built in 1947/48 and some earlier pillars in 1937/38. It appears that these newer 10000 series pillars in that area were possibly built as substitute for other nearby markers, this one for Bloody Point Wtr Twr TM23/T7 (bolt & centre) which itself is still extant. The original markers which many of the other later pillars were built to substitute are long gone. Details of each are on the Trigonomy Spreadsheet 2013 within Yahoo group Trigonomy.
If only there were more refinds,
Graeme