Logged Visits:

11th Jul 2023  21:03  by Ande1865

FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Almost completely buried in the sand bank. Can only assume, given that the top is in good condition and complete, that the rest of the pillar is too

28th Apr 2023  11:42  by Cositsthere

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

Only the top is visible as it's buried in the flood bank

15th Apr 2023  08:28  by wandering_rjt

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Remains  Score: 3/10

Sunk into ground only top visible. Bagged on coastal walk from Caldicott to Goldcliff

Trig

13th Apr 2023  18:01  by Trigobsession

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

27th Feb 2023  00:00  by [email protected]

FB Number: S3282  Condition: Converted  Score: 5/10

The top of the pillar is only visible with cap intact but the majority of the pillar has been buried into the sea defence wall so no flush bracket is visible

Buried in the sea defence wall
Buried in the sea defence wall
Buried in the sea defence wall

7th Jan 2023  12:31  by Jodie-trigs

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

Parked at Severn Tunnel Junction and followed the track to the coastal path. Trigpoint is buried in the bank and only the top few inches are visible. Flush Bracket not reachable. Good views of the Severn Estuary and the bridge.

Caldicot Moor Trigpoint

4th Dec 2022  14:27  by hobtoadfoot

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

22nd Sep 2022  00:00  by Woodleywalker

Gridref: ST 46122 86139   FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Train to Severn T J then along Welsh Coast Path to pillar - probably the only one I will ever manage to stand on! My 150th extant pillar so well worth the journey. Excellent views all around.

29th Jul 2022  09:51  by Trigpointerrier

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

Logging good to keep status quo! Might be a right old mess under there!

12th Jul 2022  15:05  by slateloose

Gridref: ST 46100 86100   FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

One of the smallest trig points I have logged. Parked at Nature Reserve and followed coastal path back to the coast. Good views over the river.

16th May 2021  17:05  by Toops

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Buried! Good view of the bridge though!

Buried trig

27th Feb 2020  17:46  by 1473

Gridref: ST 46118 86139   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Parked by the ramp to M4, walked down following PROW footpaths, walked past it slightly at first as tufts of grass camouflaging what’s visible. Poor thing all buried, wouldn’t be surprised if one day soon nothing is visible. Great view of the Prince or Wales bride though. I should walk the Wales Coastal Path one day.

©1473
Panorama from standing on the trig ©1473
To the bridge! ©1473

19th May 2019  08:26  by penfold1570

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Cannot see the flush bracket, may be obscured by a build up of earth on its western edge. Sits low on the flood bank with fine views across the Severn estuary from the 2nd Severn Crossing round to Clevedon and beyond. It was a hazy morning when I visited, interspersed with gun fire from a nearby shoot Otherwise, easy to find on the coast path about 25 to 30 minutes walk from Severn Tunnel Junction railway station.

6th Jan 2019  13:24  by Shopbobby

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

Buried I sea wall on top exposed

27th Sep 2018  12:05  by Ramblingpaul

Gridref: ST 46122 86139   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Walked from Severn Tunnel Junction. Top just visible from sea wall.

26th Mar 2018  17:50  by Nekyram

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

Parked at the start of gravel track. Walked footpath over fields To the coast path, walking towards the Severn bridge, we came across the 'mini' trig, buried in the sea defence. Good views of bridge. Although it said private road , I think it would have been ok to drive down.

11th Jan 2018  14:30  by ltrc

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

3rd Jan 2017  14:15  by asbown

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

1st pillar of the year, beautiful views, had the grandson in tow so drove as near as possible.

3rd Jan 2017  14:15  by The reluctant trigger

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

22nd Oct 2016  16:00  by boblynoriho

FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Brilliant views over the Severn Estuary and Second Severn Crossing bridge.

Caldicot Moor trigpoint ©boblynoriho

3rd Oct 2016  11:34  by Father Ted

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

It took me ages to dig the flush bracket out. Only joking. In fact I thought this one had gone initially as I hadn't read the TUK page to know that it was mostly buried in the sea wall. I must have walked right past this one some 25 years ago when I walked this section of the Wales coastline. Today was one of those lovely warm and still October days that you make the most of knowing that autumn probably isn't too far away. I parked up near the exit to the village and walked the rest of the way down the quiet tracks.

1st Oct 2016  16:10  by Richofsebast

FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Father Ted - love your comment! We parked in Undy church car park and walked along the flat lanes. Strange without hills. Took a while to find it but the OS Map app and GPS on my phone helped. Felt like I was cheating.

Top of Trig ©Richofsebast
Mouth of the Severn ©Richofsebast

9th May 2016  19:24  by Griefmiester

Gridref: ST 46117 86136   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

I Parked on the motorway bridge and followed the tracks, It looks like you could drive most of the way, although there is a private sign. Pillar is lost in the flood bank and only a few inches visible, there is some obvious damage to the top edge. Estuary and Bridge views.

Pillar

3rd Mar 2016  20:48  by thejackrustles

FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Found with Mr U2 in the dark, hence no views!

Caldicot Moor

3rd Mar 2016  20:47  by gerryu2

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

#293 P#214 P2016#14. A walk along the lane in the dark to find a pillar that is in quicksand or they have built flood defences on top of it. Just a wee tiny bit peaking out which isn't helpful when you expect a full size pillar in the dark.

29th Jan 2016  09:45  by trigging on an island

FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Easy walk from Severn Tunnel Junction except for the strong head on wind seriously hindering progress along the coast path.

24th Jan 2016  14:24  by orlando rat

Gridref: ST 46119 86133   FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

I have put the condition down as good, even though I could only see the very top of the pillar as the rest was buried in an earth bank.

Caldicot Moor

12th Aug 2015  17:55  by Robert Kemp

Gridref: ST 46119 86133   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

15th Feb 2015  00:00  by explorer_olway

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

Found as YOSM 523. One of the more unusual trigpoints I have found. Only the top remains as the TP has been buried in a flood defence bank. It was possible to drive very close - despite the roads being marked 'Private' but we parked by the bridge over the motorway and grabbed a few geocaches on the walk. No opportunity to check the FB!

TP1872 ©explorer_olway

25th Jan 2015  16:10  by g4wsb

Gridref: ST 46112 08613   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

GW/HF-2mSSB Not much to see of this buried.Easy track to gate turn left on sea defence.

©g4wsb
©g4wsb

10th Oct 2014  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: ST 46120 86139   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Possible to drive to track junction @ ST457867. Only top few inches of pillar visible on bank

5th Oct 2014  13:18  by evsbaggsy

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Didn't come looking for this one, was on a geocache hunt so very happy to stumble across it. Flush bracket not visible but the views from here are great.

27th May 2014  08:12  by THE CYCLIST

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

Cycled Sustrans route along very good gravelled private road. then side way to South. Almost tripped over top in grass!

12th May 2014  10:30  by Tony J

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

11th May 2013  12:35  by glasfory

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

Must be the shortest pillar we have seen, has been buried under sea defence.

5th May 2013  15:24  by dadu 13

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Great views from here, but very breezy even on such a fantastic day as this.

©dadu 13
View of the Severn Bridge©dadu 13

25th Apr 2013  12:57  by dragons51

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

Spotted this one while I was setting a cache series Trig is buried with only the top showing

24th Mar 2013  03:20  by BRISTOLIAN

FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Found whilst Geocaching. Buried in ground.

Buried trig. Found whilst Geocaching.©BRISTOLIAN

18th Mar 2013  11:09  by Funk to Funky

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

This is the lowest lying trig I have ever stumbled across (and you could stumble across it if you don't mind your feet!). I came from the east along the foreshore but there is also easy access straight to it from a track. Slightly damaged on the corners.

Slight corner damge.

23rd Dec 2012  09:00  by jonglew

Gridref: ST 46119 86136   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Access via narrow unmetalled lanes from Magor/Undy. It is possible to drive to within 60m of the trig. Trig was at one time standing proud on the shore line, but when the coastal defence bank was constructed it was buried to within a few inches of the top as can be seen in the photograph. The centre metal cap is in place but there is damage to 2 of the top corners. Good views of the second Severn crossing.

Pillar TP1872©jonglew
Spider TP1872©jonglew

22nd Dec 2012  14:20  by dal

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked near the motorway bridge. Pleasant stroll out. In the awful weather the second Severn crossing was just about visible.

28th Aug 2012  13:00  by ShortyTaffy

Gridref: ST 46123 86133   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

out caching and passing by

19th Aug 2012  15:26  by CJO

Gridref: ST 46120 86135   FB Number: BURIE  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Presented in a novel manner, partially entombed in the flood defences. Drove to within 100m of pillar. possible to just make out TP9875 and TP9876 Avonmouth north and south lighthouses.

Caldicott Moor FB buried

23rd Jul 2012  13:39  by von-horst

FB Number: S3282  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Tigpoint is buried within the sea wall, with just the upper two inches being visible.

That's a first for me!

20th Jun 2012  14:50  by Trigpoint100

FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

9m above MSL - doesn't look like it to me - global warming (or isostatic recovery)? Easily accessible - drive to end of track (from Undy) and thereafter new gates / signs for Welsh coastal path. Great views of the Severn estuary; metal cap with indented lettering and a fair chunk out of the SE corner of the 'top'!.

15th Jun 2012  12:51  by _HT_

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

An interesting pillar which seems to have been incorporated into the flood defence bank. Just top visible.

Buried pillar ©_HT_
Pillar and view over channel ©_HT_

14th Jun 2012  07:00  by sniffadogz

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

Unusual trig! Found while cacheing nearby.

10th Jun 2012  10:45  by Mickandkim

Gridref: ST 46119 86133   FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Last of over 100 logs for the week Rain,Storm,but still had good time As running late we drove to within 50ft

19th Jun 2011  17:28  by russie and sidekick

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

spider nice walk to trig unfort only spider visible as flood bank been built around it i suppose it will keep it in good condition

30th Jun 2010  13:15  by cmb1953

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

3rd Jul 2009  11:55  by Dusty

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

Found that I had not replaced battery in camera so had to take snaps with phone. My 400th pillar.

Mrs Dusty on trigpoint

1st Jan 2009  09:00  by Glaslyn

Gridref: ST 46110 86130   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 1/10

Buried, just top couple of inches showing (maybe someone will dig it out one day?) Walked in from just past M Way bridge (police speed van on bridge over M4 and hidden from traffic below behind sign the crafty bugger!)See no reason why you cant drive to this one ...the S Wales formation fly tippers have been out in force ( I swear there is no part of the UK that suffers the level of illegal dumping that S Wales does,I counted 4 wheels,2x televisions 1 x Fridge and half a fitted kitchen and that was without looking too hard!) Add to this more manic dogs than you could shake a stick at and a pillar you can barely see this one is for the completists I think!

©Glaslyn

26th Aug 2008  11:02  by dpeberdy

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked just south of the 'Great House' at Undy. The roads are marked as private from there. Tried the footpath directly South west (ish) but too muddy and not clear, so resorted to the easy to walk cycle paths and tracks. Had I not read about the buried nature of this trig I would have marked it as missing! A nice spot - great to be buffeted by the sea wind! 9m Me

Here it is! No honestly, it is!

19th Jun 2008  12:33  by tom

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

The pillar is sited inside a levee with only the top few inches showing; it has a metal cap with indented lettering. I parked at the end of the metalled road at Rogiet Moor and walked along the dirt and gravel tracks to the levee. There is a good view of the Severn Bridge and across the estuary to the industry on the opposite bank with low wooded hills of North Somerset beyond. Trees prevent a view inland but returning to the car across Caldicot Moor there is a view northwards of more wooded hills, the motorway and the village of Magor. The levee marks the boundary between two SSSIs: inland is Gwent Levels – Magor and Undy; the other side is the Severn Estuary.

8th Mar 2008  10:00  by bluebeard

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

Just over the motorway and just past the road turning for toll booth collectors was an open gate but a sign saying PRIVATE ROAD. I decided not to risk getting locked in and so parked and walked in from here.

10th Feb 2008  16:31  by captain gore-tex

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

what a fun pillar. Could have driven much closer to this one than I did.

nice views from here ©captain gore-tex

9th Jan 2008  10:46  by arranc

Gridref: ST 46100 86100   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

buried by sea wall built round it

12th Jun 2006  14:40  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Good views of the new severn crossing. Parking from NW in the church car park S of the railway at Undy. Nice bike ride in on well bedded tracks.

19th Dec 2005  12:00  by iainmac

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

S3282
S3282
S3282
S3282

15th May 2005  09:15  by maurice

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

Condition is assumed as only about the top 100mm is visible due to the flood protection bank. Good view of the Second Severn Crossing and Denny Island.

13th Feb 2005  16:00  by desperate dan

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

Not a pillar at all, unless most of it is buried, as only the top three inches is visible above the sea defence. My lowest trig point to date and hard to believe it is as much as 10m above sea level.

12th Feb 2005  12:00  by peregrinus

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

pillar buried in seabank, top visible, metal cap shallow letters

S3282 buried ©peregrinus
S3282 top ©peregrinus

3rd Oct 2004  13:00  by mickandshane

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

I'm assuming the condition is good because all that is visible of this trig is the top - which still has all it's brasswork and a plug with indented lettering. The rest of the trig is buried in the sea defence bank. Access is easy via tracks that can be driven down from Rogiet Moor and there are good views of the new Severn Bridge. The OS list the FB No as S3282.

13th Feb 2004  11:30  by chas

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Difficult to assess condition as it is buried in embankment by River Severn. Only top showing.

View from the top!
View from the top

22nd Mar 1986  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Pillar buried in flood defence bank - only few inches exposed. Condition not covered by options offered - recorded as toppled. FB number believed to be S3282.