Logged Visits:

4th Dec 2023  20:37  by JoeNTMY

FB Number: 3573  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

There might have been a nice view over the Clyde, if it wasn't pitch black!

3rd Nov 2023  11:53  by jonglew

Gridref: NS 38895 71530   FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Roadside parking on minor road to E (NS 3914 7154). Walked S on road ~125m then hopped fence and up. A bit of a sprawling and scrappily built stone pillar was unexpectedly encountered. 'BSM' style FB; centre cap missing, no plug; no sight holes seen. Extensive views, across the River Clyde particularly good.

Pillar TP1064©jonglew
Spider TP1064©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP1064©jonglew

21st Oct 2022  20:26  by Oldhortus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Short walk to a stone built TP

26th Jun 2022  14:40  by The Trudges

FB Number: 3573  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Flush Bracket ©The Trudges
View from spider ©The Trudges
Trig
Trig
Spider with missing centre cap ©The Trudges

26th Jun 2022  14:14  by MickSan

FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Done with trudge Tracey

©MickSan
©MickSan

19th Jun 2021  12:30  by fasgadh

FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

Stone built with a very fine view. Really liked this hill.

Barscube Hill ©fasgadh

4th Jan 2021  16:57  by gs64vu

FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Entered field at gate near high point of Netherton Road. Short grass walk to pillar. Easy route down through short grass and farm track to Gallahill Road.

7th Oct 2018  12:53  by James Carpenter

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

26th May 2018  17:51  by Aqueously90

Gridref: NS 38891 71521   FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Log #487. I'd been putting this one off for some reason, no idea why. Nice walk along the road, over the gate, then well-shorn grassy tracks all the way to the pillar. Wasn't expecting a stone-built pillar, in good condition other than the cap missing. Good views along the Clyde include Dumbarton Rock. [ExP-328/MiP-38/Rev-6/BM-39/IS-50/Other-26]

FB
Pillar
Cap missing

19th May 2018  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NS 38898 71518   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked at track entrance NS 3911 7166. Several unmapped fences and the one round the summit is electric (on E side at least). Gate at NM 3889 87162

6th May 2018  14:00  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NS 38893 71525   FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

From gate to SE with parking Nice walk up short grass

29th Dec 2015  10:48  by gerryu2

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

First pillar I've found that's a cairn type. I parked in a passing place and hoofed it uphill. Cracking views from here.

Fb
Trig
Trig
Me
View
Spider View

28th May 2015  21:02  by Robert Phillips

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

10th Apr 2014  13:00  by Johnoneill1916

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Walked up from Langbank station (5 mile round trip) Took route 1 on the way but scrambling at times but chose a gentler route for the descent. Great views over the Clyde, Ben Lomond, Glasgow and Argyll :)

1st Apr 2013  17:36  by KipClanMan

FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Views over the Clyde to Dumbarton Castle and the Rock and over to Ben Lomond

S3573 FLUSH BRACKET
Trig First Cairn type trig i have ever come across
looking down the River Clyde A view down the Clyde with Gleddoch Hotel and golf course in the foreground

28th Apr 2012  11:12  by coinea

Gridref: NS 38896 71521   FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

S3573 Barscube Hill.

28th Apr 2012  11:11  by clochandighter

Gridref: NS 38897 71519   FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Second visit. Parking nearby is limited to a single car on west verge just north of old building mapped east of trig. Recommend to climb hill from opposite woods to the south. Roadside fence hop then no more obstacles. Unusal stone built pillar. Spider centre open. No apparent sight holes. Flush bracket faces WSW, ~241°. Full 360° panoramic view, particularly over Dumbarton Rock and further to the north.

S3573 - Barscube Hill & GRP
S3573 - Barscube Hill pillar & FB

9th Apr 2011  13:10  by andyc

FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Excellent views down the Clyde on a sunny spring afternoon.

11th Apr 2010  19:30  by descarte1

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

Stone-built pillar with SW-ish facing FB, spider intact but cap missing and no plug. No sightholes at all! Phenomenal views along the Clyde to Ardmore especially...

9th Feb 2010  13:53  by SlainteJimmy

Gridref: NS 38897 71521   FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

Cap missing on this Cairn-trig.. no sightholes obvious on this rare hybrid BSM cairn/pillar - up from the East today on a glorious day. Snowy Ben Lomond and shady Dumbarton Rock clear as a bell.

Barscube Hill ..on a Glorious day! :D

6th Oct 2008  10:30  by Chalky

FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Stone-built, Cylindrical.

20th Aug 2008  11:43  by Foinavon

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

A rather lonely spot this I think but the views are great.

29th Feb 2008  13:08  by SlainteJimmy

FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Oddest pillar yet. I could nearly have swum up today if the wind wasn't blowing against me ! Cap open with North sight open ? (a bit hard to tell with the irregular shape of the beastie) The luvly weather kept the ball-swingers in their clubhouse - perfect for a wander over the course ;-)

27th Nov 2007  13:07  by Scotsbob

FB Number: S3579  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Stone built trig in great nick no noticable vandalism

16th Nov 2007  14:45  by campagvelocet

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Gloomy day: I could make out Dumbarton Rock easily enough but the low hills either side of the Vale of Leven were shrouded in mist. Summit within a cow pasture but the cattle had sought lower ground!

2nd Sep 2007  09:55  by Shunter

Gridref: NS 38892 71524   FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Stone built, rather than the usual concrete pillar. Great views over the Clyde estuary.

25th Feb 2007  12:26  by ZanderH

FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

25th Feb 2007  12:25  by agentmancuso

Gridref: NS 38898 71521   FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Excellent views. Easy to reach from small parking space to east on crest of road.

S3573 Barscube Hill 250207 Ben Lomond in background

24th Dec 2006  15:51  by J33P KN

Gridref: NS 38893 71529   FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

co-ords Reading on the Trig
Plate

25th Dec 2005  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

rather shapeless stonebuilt trig, no cap or plug, lovely summit & view

S3573 top ©peregrinus
S3573 trig Christmastime cloud inversion©peregrinus

12th Sep 2003  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Great views to North

S3573

14th May 1996  00:01  by clochandighter

FB Number: S3573  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

First visit. To record FB number. HISTORY: Pillar completed in December 1945 costing £7.12s.6d. Computed as secondary triangulation station NS77/11 within the Glasgow block during 1946. Levelled for height in 1969. Last maintained by the OS in July 1978. SITE VISIT: Stone built triangulation pillar approximately 3 feet high. The spider is missing its OS plug. The flush bracket, a BsM, is on the south face of the pillar. Most of the trig pillars in secondary block NS77 (Glasgow) have BsM flush brackets numbered in the range S3551 to S3677. Secondary block NS77 is pentagonal. The five corners of NS77 are marked by the primary points at Earls Seat, Ben Cleugh, Tinto, Corse Hill and Hill of Stake. Barscube Hill is a mile south of the River Clyde opposite Dumbarton. Fine views all round. Photographed 14/05/1996, GRP.

S3573 - Barscube Hill 3ft high stone built job.