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15th Mar 2024  14:29  by sarm1975

Gridref: NT 12200 85500   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Walk from beginning of the housing estate, up into open area and found on the right below any high point.

Dover Heights

2nd Mar 2024  15:54  by Lippymac81

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

10th Nov 2023  17:06  by billymclennan

Gridref: NT 12293 85531   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Trig is well hidden amongst shrubs and small trees

©billymclennan

25th Oct 2023  11:55  by SeaChange

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

©SeaChange

26th Sep 2023  14:10  by AudLatto

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Parked at a very quiet Dunfermline Crem rather than in the streets. Crossed road and followed cycle path to top of hill for less than 10 minutes then wandered about trying to find the pillar before spotting it in the trees...

©AudLatto

31st May 2023  15:11  by Sealf4

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Broke all my own rules for this one. Did not use public transport, did not combine it with any others and used other people's reports to reach it. In my defence (against myself!) I had been up since 04.00 am and already been on a trip to the Bass Rock ( and the lighthouse and gannets there) and was heading home in Aberdeenshire. Very easy to reach from Eardley Crescent (was this named after artist Joan Eardley... 2 other streets carry names of Scottish Artists.. Cadell and Ferguson). Path at end climbs gently up to the top of Dover Heights just a few metres from the road end and a faint feral path branches off to the pillar a few metres over on the left, within the trees. No significant views but a pleasant green plot within a built up area,

28th Oct 2022  15:19  by alright_dave

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Tricky one to find! From Masterton Road follow the paved pedestrian path about 200 yards east up a slight incline until you see a little dirt track to your right. Follow that about 20m until in a wide open area surrounded by trees. Trig is well hidden in bushes a few metres WSW. Some damage starting due to undergrowth/moss/dampness.

Dover Heights

4th Oct 2022  17:35  by Griefmiester

Gridref: NT 12293 85529   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parking in Eardley Cresent, easy stroll along up the oblivious path and up to summit. Pillar is on good condition and a little difficult to locate in the trees. no views to speak of

TP2820 - Dover Heights

26th Aug 2022  10:57  by Trigger monster

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

From road, path runs south on east side of school. Past new housing development on east of path. Path bears right, west, with residential properties on right. From here, tricky to locate, took a while. From path onto grassy common with vegetation growing around. South of path, followed muddy trail, near a clearing with an area of flattened grass, then a few metres further on into fairly dense vegetation to discover pillar, looking as if it has been forgotten about. Next to it is a recently planted lavender. In someone’s memory? Someone else has been here not long ago. Ground nearby is furrowed as if ploughed but now grass and weeds have grown up making for very uneven walking. Take care. Interesting to look at earlier photographs of this location. Great views now lost.

Dover Heights Flush plate
Dover Heights From north, lavender plant next to pillar
Dover Heights From east, showing slight lean
Dover Heights Forgotten pillar, maybe not

19th Jun 2021  16:10  by Nekyram

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked in Eardley crescent. Took track just passed house sign numbers 57/ 70. Trig easily Found under trees.

31st Mar 2021  14:04  by Fife Walking

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

Stopped by this one on my way to Tesco. In the trees but not hard to find.

14th May 2020  19:15  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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

It’s hidden in trees so took a wee bit of finding.

14th May 2020  19:15  by gordonpryde

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

31st Dec 2019  15:15  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Tried to find my own route to this but the hundreds of houses which all look the same and all the roads look the same had me lost. Googled helped me find Eardley Crescent in the end. There still building houses here so who knows how long it will be before its swallowed up by the builders.

2nd Jul 2019  14:56  by BigJ

Gridref: NT 12297 85522   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Route as per others. Quite well hidden in the long grass.

24th Sep 2018  17:16  by Kctrig

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Easy access from Eardley Crescent up track. Not easy to find in undergrowth. No views

©Kctrig

7th Oct 2017  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NT 12297 85525   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked at end of Dover Heights to NE at NT 1236 8562

26th Mar 2017  17:50  by Aqueously90

Gridref: NT 12292 85539   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Log #410. Easy access from Eardley Crescent, up dog-walkers' track behind houses. Slight lean, lightly indented cap intact. [ExP-281/MiP-34/Rev-6/BM-27/IS-43/Other-19]

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Pillar
Cap

1st Mar 2017  15:52  by Sandgrownun

Gridref: NT 12295 85524   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked Eardley Crescent, to South of pillar.Pillar in general good nick, OS cap in place, slight lean to it, one sight hole open.

Dover Heights Pillar
Dover Heights Pillar
Dover Heights Flush bracket
Dover Heights Top

11th Jan 2016  11:00  by Borderer

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Rather a wet trudge over sodden ground, also had to avoid the remnants of the professional dog walkers of which I saw 3 on my short trip each with at least 6 dogs. It might be an illusion but the pillar appears to leaning south west towards Rosyth. Lots of new builds.

©Borderer

21st Nov 2015  13:09  by thejackrustles

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked in housing estate and then headed up the the trig along a very muddy path, also found the nearby geocache.

Dover Heights Selfie ©thejackrustles
Dover Heights Collage ©thejackrustles

5th Oct 2015  12:15  by Ham Mathieson

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Easy lunch hour find (due to mapping). Parked at top of Drovers Drive (Even Nos 84 - 126) then followed path to top of overgrown grass/shrub area. Trig almost surrounded with shrubs which hampered views. Cap still present with sunken lettering. Flush bracket still showing white paint.

29th Jul 2015  10:18  by Two Twitchers

Gridref: NT 12294 85522   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Pillar is on a slight 2 degree lean to the south west.

The Flush bracket Quite difficult to read
The trigpoint Looking over the trigpoint towards the Rosyth Dockyard where the new Aircraft Carrier is nearing completion

26th Jun 2015  12:45  by Wubbleyew

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Called here for an easy get on my way to Edinburgh Airport to meet my dear mother. The pillar is currently in knee high grasses, so it was a soaking visit in the rain. Cap in place with shallow engraved lettering, & one sight hole open.

25th Nov 2014  14:02  by Amelia Pond

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked in layby at Dover Drive and walked up. Followed path all the way to the trig.

12th Jun 2014  10:41  by CJO

Gridref: NT 12294 85526   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

All intact. All roads called Dover something around here! Lucky to escape demolition for house building.

Dover Heights

27th Dec 2013  15:30  by dmwhite

Gridref: NT 12292 85531   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

In the middle of new houses on a small rise between two estates. Young trees all around so will gradually become more difficult to locate. Good view over Forth.

19th Dec 2013  10:01  by descarte1

Gridref: NT 12286 85528   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Slightly dinged pillar standing in some scrubby land in the middle of a load of new builds. FB faces SW-ish, with SE-ish open only. Cap present with sunken lettering. Not bad views to the south otherwise a bit hemmed-in. Accessed via the cycle tracks from Dover Drive. Easy enough to find with the vegetation having died back!

31st Dec 2011  12:00  by geezagoal

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Think is time for a whisky.

Dover Heights 1 ©geezagoal
Dover Heights 2 ©geezagoal

14th May 2011  12:02  by agentmancuso

Gridref: NT 12295 85522   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Followed cycle path up from main road, parking at start of Dover Drive.

S4412 Dover Heights

21st Oct 2010  15:10  by sky high boys

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Parked a distance away and walked over the grassland to reach it. Lol at the maze of soul-less new builds.

23rd Sep 2010  14:39  by dunfie doughball

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

1st Jul 2010  16:40  by Border Peat

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

maze of streets

hide and seek ©Border Peat
©Border Peat

30th Apr 2010  00:00  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NT 12293 85531   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Park and seek It,s there hiding. Park at top of new estate and head for older properties in distance, just right of these should find the shy one !

20th Jun 2009  08:10  by ocean soul

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked on new housing estate and walked up the cycle lane at the side of the houses.Took a little time to find as area overgrown.

9th Jul 2008  10:45  by Sandman

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

23rd Feb 2008  11:45  by Boys from the Dyes

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked in lay-by at start of Dover Drive and walked up the cycle lane at the side of the houses.

Dover Heights. Pillar, flush bracket and spider

26th Dec 2007  14:48  by andyc

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Looks like it will survive all the house building round here.

28th Jun 2007  13:59  by coinea

Gridref: NT 12291 85525   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy access from Dover Drive

S4412 Dover Heights

1st Jan 2006  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

leaning, else vgc, metal cap shallow letters, currently on edge of new housing, apparently part of public open space so should stay

Montaged by Jon Rouse ©peregrinus

15th Sep 2004  14:30  by fasgadh

Gridref: NT 12271 85533   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

29/3/04:Its leaning, but otherwise intact and OK. Persimmon are closer now, and I got in by wandering through the garden of a nearly built house. Otherwise fenced in on all sides. A lot of trees planted around the hill top, so it looks like the pillar is safe for now. Destined to be a feature in a park. 15/9/04. Still there .. Persimmons houses are mostly occupied now. Trees a bit larger. I am still sure they dont intend to build this far up.

Dover Heights Looking south.
Dover Heights Looking north into Persimmon Country. Note new tree plantings. Persimmon 1 Trigs 1

20th May 2004  15:32  by clochandighter

Gridref: NT 12293 85524   FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Major changes around here since my (GRP) original visit to this farmland TP in 1985. Housing going up all around this area but the ground the TP is on has been planted with saplings which suggests that the developers have been made to set this land aside for woodland by Fife Council. NB it was Persimmon who killed off S4411. TP built 28th February 1948. One of four fourth order pillar stations added to Block NT18 Dunfermline, in 1948. Pillar VGC but leaning slightly to the front right. Spider retains OS centre cap with shallow engraved lettering. White painted flush bracket faces WSW. RHS sighting hole open, others plugged. Views to Arthurs Seat, Braid Hills, Allermuir Hill, Scald Law, Forth Bridges, West Cairn Hill, Castlandhill Resr, Tinto, Cocklerue Hill, Dumyat, Ben Cleugh, Knock Hill. Revisited and photographed 20/05/2004, GRP.

S4412 - Dover Heights. Leaning pillar & FB.

26th Oct 2002  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Trig has a slight lean to it. Revisited 15/01/2004 to photograph. When first visited this area fields/scrub but now in danger of being surrounded with houses - Persimmon 100 yds and Redman 50 yds. Will be interesting to revisit 2005 though I expect the top to be left undeveloped.

S4412
S4412
S4412

7th Sep 1985  14:01  by clochandighter

FB Number: S4412  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

First visit. To record FB number. The pillar was completed 28th February 1948 costing £5.18s.6d. In 1948 this marker was computed for triangulation as fourth order station NT18/T52, in the Dunfermline secondary block. This is one of four fourth order stations that were added to this block, four years after the bulk of the NT18 trigs were built. The flush bracket was levelled for height in 1959. This trig point was last maintained by the OS in October 1987. Still on farmland in 1985.