Logged Visits:

8th Jan 2023  15:11  by KevP

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Asked permission from house at start of mast track. This was freely given along with thanks for asking.

17th Nov 2022  00:00  by Sarah&Angus

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

Parked at gate by house on corner. Walked up farm track to radio mast compound. Go through gate and then gate to right and Trig is round to the right in hedgerow.

22nd May 2022  11:50  by Triggy Stardust

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Hiding in the hedge but still accessible through the two gates and walking round the nettles. Great views just not from pillar!

29th Jan 2022  15:15  by je448

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Covered in moss, base exposed. Access from the southern track, two metal gates to go through. Perched in hedgerow. Rating higher due to amazing scenery to Raddon Hills and Exe estuary! P.S. long uphill slog from Silverton (made worse by the fact that I'd came from Exeter)

17th Dec 2021  12:33  by Walking with Gerald

Gridref: SS 96409 05221   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

2nd Jul 2021  11:35  by Susie B

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Approach mast compound. Take gate on right and follow round edge of compound fence. Trig will be on your right by corner of compound fence in hedge. Not visible in summer on east side of hedge. Lovely walk up from Silverton.

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5th Feb 2021  13:25  by Milangoc1

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

It's quite a climb from Silverton. The trig is just in the hedge by the radio pylon.

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©Milangoc1

1st Dec 2020  14:43  by Lexcat

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 6/10

My most local trig, down track towards mast. Road opposite track worth a walk amazing veiws, can see to coast on a clear day.

4th Aug 2020  16:15  by Nekyram

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Gate open to track leading to compound, where a new house is being built. Trig found outside new fenced compound on large plinth in hedge line.

30th Jun 2020  20:50  by Skypaddler

Gridref: SS 96412 05222   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

Set on a plinth in a tree hedge adjacent to the radio mast.

Christ Cross pillar Overshadowed by trees in a hedge adjacent to mobile mast©Skypaddler
Christ Cross bracket ©Skypaddler

30th Jun 2020  20:50  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

Gridref: SS 96412 05222   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

See my entry as Skypaddler

19th Apr 2020  11:26  by Ninjading

Gridref: SS 96427 05218   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Christ Cross Trig and surroundings

3rd Apr 2020  11:00  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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

Trig in a hedge behind barbed wire security fence for telecom mast. Best view is from adjacent field on east side. Superb views of Dartmoor and Exmoor from the gate to the telecom mast compound. Rob H

29th Mar 2019  18:54  by Earby Rambler

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Visited with P61 and Brunshaw on way to Okehampton,off to The White Hart Hotel Wetherspoons now.

Pillar

29th Mar 2019  18:54  by painterman61

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Great location trig mounted on large plinth number 391 the number of the late Stuart Smith from rochdale probably the greatest ever stock car driver!

site ©painterman61
trig ©painterman61
top ©painterman61
fb ©painterman61

29th Mar 2019  14:23  by NormanW

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

29th Mar 2019  11:15  by rupertal

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

6th Jul 2018  12:00  by Andy West

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

30th Apr 2018  10:20  by dal

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Reasonably obvious in the hedge at this time of year.

19th Dec 2017  10:35  by g4wsb

Gridref: SS 96415 05224   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

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©g4wsb
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11th Nov 2017  06:48  by Robert Phillips

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

24th Apr 2017  14:55  by Yukonhuskies

FB Number: 3911  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Trig found easily enough.hiding amid Fagus sylvatica

TP2167 - Christ Cross

18th Mar 2017  17:00  by bwm

Gridref: SS 96417 05216   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

21st Feb 2017  18:36  by G4CFS

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

20th Jul 2016  11:07  by pat29

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

Awkward Rather Awkward to find in the hedge got stung with the Nettles©pat29

17th Jun 2016  14:42  by trigging on an island

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

More relief rather than elation in finding this particular pillar. First one of the day having set out from the centre of Exeter.

28th Mar 2016  11:26  by CJO

Gridref: SS 96417 05219   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Cap missing.

Christ Cross

20th Dec 2015  08:02  by g4wsb

Gridref: SS 96441 40522   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Early morning visit G/DC-005 ,changes to fields planted.

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©g4wsb

12th Oct 2015  00:00  by Bramley

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

21st Sep 2015  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SS 96417 05230   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Access from E-side hedge

26th Jun 2015  21:16  by stignest

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

keep em peeled guys..this uns a hedge dweller! sits atop a large plinth just outside the mast compound. easier to not get to than is! lovely spot. trig missing its plug and has been trimmed numerous times by farmers hedge cutter.. i bet it scares the life out of him every time he strikes it.

26th Jun 2015  20:45  by stignest

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

plenty of parking space at double gate. simple stroll along dirt track to mast. trig is very well hidden in hedge which runs behind well defended mast compound. fb can be seen from the road side of the hedge but access is best from mast side. a thistly gated patch gives access. follow fence round perimeter and trig is 10ft to right of compound fence. sits atop a very large concrete plinth. top has been clipped either side and plug is awol. otherwise in good condition. i placed an old empty glass bottle in the plughole..i wonder how long it will stay there. super views esp at this time of day.

30th Mar 2015  13:02  by wrose

Gridref: SS 96415 05229   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Nothing really to add other than to confirm that it is still there and in the condition previously described.

S3911 Christ Cross Pillar.
S3911 Christ Cross Flush Bracket.

23rd Mar 2015  15:33  by m6kvj

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

15th Apr 2014  12:00  by Sprog

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 4/10

12th Jan 2014  14:35  by Merthyr_boy

Gridref: SS 96416 05223   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 2/10

31st May 2013  13:06  by rob godrer coed

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

11th May 2013  14:45  by tim747

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

23rd Mar 2013  15:45  by Chalky

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Spider centre open.

9th Sep 2011  10:48  by jonglew

Gridref: SS 96416 05230   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Couldn't find this trig for some reason, perhaps we didn't look hard enough. Final day of our West Country Marilyn bagging trip and on our way home to Wiltshire. Probably the most unremarkable Marilyn we have visited, parked on side of the road and walked 250m to it along a farm track. ***Reviisted 1 Dec 2013. Pillar found ok, hiding in a beech hedgerow. Mounted on a large concrete plinth which raises it up approx 1.0m. Top of pillar badly damaged, presumably by hedge cutter. Cap missing, no plug; front and rear sight holes open.

Pillar TP2167©jonglew
Spider TP2167©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP2167©jonglew

20th Jun 2011  11:50  by asbown

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

Easy walk up from the road but well hidden this time of year.

29th Apr 2011  08:53  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SS 96410 05220   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

24th Dec 2010  10:01  by Aye Jimmy

Gridref: SS 96418 05231   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Christ Cross No easy drive up lanes today - 4 WD and chains required!
Christ Cross TP's on plinth in hedge to the left of the mast.
Christ Cross Flush bracket.
Christ Cross Location, no cap.

26th Sep 2010  14:32  by g4wsb

Gridref: SS 96419 05226   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Second visit now found

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©g4wsb

17th Mar 2010  16:50  by Dusty

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

Trigpoint
Spider & damage
Flush Bracket

12th Mar 2010  12:02  by Lonewalker

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 4/10

Not sure you should be able to bag a Marilyn so easily, but walked in from lane and found trig easy enough in the hedge. Top corners seem to have been bevelled and plug is missing - couldnt see what treasures lay inside this one though. In summer this may be much harder than in March when not a leaf on the bushes.

9th Aug 2009  14:57  by lonesome_cowboy_burt

Gridref: SS 96419 05226   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Access from the track along the east side of hedge line through waist high nettles and thistles. Good views nearby to River Exe estuary

Christ Cross ©lonesome_cowboy_burt
It is along there! Compare iainmac photo in 2004 ©lonesome_cowboy_burt

19th May 2009  19:18  by Daisydog

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Hidden in overgrown hedge

Trigpoint Daisy 1 Daisy\'s home trigpoint
Trigpoint Daisy 2

8th Apr 2009  10:50  by vegibagger

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

finally on this visit found the trig because of lack of foliage. However it was impossible to get close to because of spiky hawthorn hedge growth. As I have secaturs and a small folding saw in my car, I fetched them, returned and liberated the trig so I could get a pic of my Jamie wearing very 'cool dude' sunglasses on. Note the number on his jacket 8..4 it was the 8th April !!

A cool Christ not cross ©vegibagger

2nd Jun 2008  10:15  by dugswell2

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

Easy tick for a flattish summit.

28th Mar 2008  17:44  by seanmac

Gridref: SS 96416 05235   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Too misty for a good view today. Trig has slight damage on top see photo

The Trig
GPS readings
The trig is hiding in the hedge

29th Nov 2007  11:50  by bluebeard

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

hidden IN the beech hedge!

1st Jun 2007  14:50  by rhayader_wanderer

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

completely buried in hedge at the moment

13th Aug 2006  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

No cap or plug, believe top was slightly chipped. Hiding in hedge 25m N of gateway, FB facing E but best accessed from W side. Moderately nettly. Harvest ongoing.

17th Apr 2006  15:15  by Father Ted

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

A break from the bank holiday driving back from Devon to the Midlands. Not too difficult to find at this time of year - but then again I did have a GPS with me which helped. Flush bracket facing away from the mast. Access up track to mast and then along hedge without entering the field with the mast compound in itself.

Christ Cross Flush Bracket

2nd Oct 2005  14:00  by widget

Gridref: SS 96400 05200   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

This is a particularly satisfying trig. It's buried in the hedge so doesn't attract attention and the views from nearby are really quite stunning. You can see all the way to the Exe estuary and several other trig sites. A great spot. Nearest pub is the "Silverton Inn" which looks promising on the outside but was disappointingly commercial, with a wide screen showing soccer and only 1 real ale.

Widget sniffing around the base of the plinth
The view to the Exe estuary
The Silverton Inn

23rd Jan 2005  12:15  by mickandshane

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

In the hedge just in front of the mast compound. A helicopter took off from there just as we were starting up the track to the mast - apparently a helicopter crashed in this area yesterday and still hadn't been found so it might have been something to do with that. Fortunately the FB is on the field side. Plug missing.

27th Jul 2004  08:00  by m1eyp

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 0/10

13th Jun 2004  20:36  by stonestreaker

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

just couldn't find it simple as that!!

9th Mar 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

This one is difficult to see despite the plinth. Deep thick hedge.

S3911
S3911
S3911

29th Sep 2003  09:00  by sleepwalker

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy walk to the transmitter from the nearby road, pillar buried in the hedge!

21st Dec 2002  12:00  by iainmac

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

Suspect I have got number wrong and photos no good - thick cloud - so will revisit when this way again.

19th Feb 1999  14:34  by senrabyar

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

Another easy trespass, but couldn't see the TP immediately. Even harder to force way through hedge to touch top.

30th Oct 1998  12:16  by arranc

Gridref: SS 96400 05200   FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

1st Oct 1998  17:45  by vegibagger

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

visited hiltop but actually couldn't find trig pillar. wasn't till revisit nine years later 8.4.09 with son Jamie that extra hunting and lack of foliage revealed it on to of wall behind fenced area

23rd Sep 1997  21:04  by fasgadh

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

Night time visit on the way to Bosigran.. An easy drive up marilyn - but not so easy finding the concrete.

27th Jul 1982  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: S3911  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Pillar on large plinth in pillar-height hedge bounding field containing a pole with a wind vane, a thin lattice mast with aerial on top, and a metal-sided hut.