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9th Jun 2023  19:03  by eon

Gridref: TL 22775 92126   FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

(3092) Followed Conquest Drove down to the very bottom and parked at the houses - plenty of room. Farm track from there to the pillar. Not a PRoW but well used by folks. Pillar sits between the track and the field edge. Condition is good and still sporting its original centre cap - indented lettering. Wide farmland views at the location, and a nice trig to end the day on. Pillar history: Built on the 22nd of February 1952, at a cost of £20 8s 0d. Last maintained by the OS in May of 1984.

Approach - pillar on the right ©eon
Pillar ©eon
FB S6819 ©eon
Top ©eon
Centre cap - detail ©eon

9th Jun 2023  15:59  by Phil Clayton

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

Third, after Horsey Hill and Farcet Manor, on bike ride from boat tied at Whittlesey. Riding into wind along Conquest Drove and then walk along a stony drove to pillar. Continued on drove to Crow Tree Farm then along to Tebbitt’s Bridge and up (private) track to Pondersbridge. Straight ride into wind up a Friday afternoon busy road back to Whittlesey. Fenland - an intriguing landscape.

6th Oct 2022  12:20  by Tikal

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Parked at end of tarmac and then a very windy walk to the Trig. Trig is at a slight angle.

8th Aug 2022  13:00  by Jamm13dodger

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

11th Jun 2022  13:00  by itchy-trigger-finder

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

Second of two near Peterborough on way to wedding in Suffolk. Drove down the farm track right to the pillar. Itchy

©itchy-trigger-finder

24th May 2022  08:50  by Mark-UKUS

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

My second bag of the day. Drove a couple of miles down a long fenland road that seems so isolated even the fly tippers haven't discovered it. Parked up by the Barn at the end and walked the 400m or so along the track. Dog barking when I parked up but otherwise no sign of life so just walked ahead without asking permission. Views over the flatlands were better than I expected and a lorry drove past me as I approached the pillar to add some excitement.

29th Dec 2021  17:12  by brit_97

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

29th Dec 2021  08:55  by chloejesstravels

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

29th Sep 2021  16:01  by Trigobsession

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

29th Aug 2021  15:13  by DaveD

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

With Debi.

13th Sep 2020  16:43  by NJM

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Diverted from a journey from Northumberland to Suffolk to visit the area I briefly lived in, age 7 until I was 10. I remember me and my mates cycling along dusty lanes between beet fields, the towering chimneys of the brick works, miles of conveyor belts trundling the dug clay across the landscape...most of those fields we roamed 50 years ago are now housing estates, or Amazon depots, or dual carriageway road systems with roundabouts every half a kilometre...pity poor Peterborough...Although either Horsey Hill Fort or Farcet Manor Farm would be the closest TP to where I grew up in the (then) hamlet of Orton Waterville, given how awful the development (‘progress’) has been the idea of going back to see the old house was abandoned I just visited the 3 TPs closest by. For views of those great brick chimneys and endless flat fields, this TP gets top marks for reminding me of my childhood.

View West Storm’s TP #99
View East
View South

12th Sep 2020  12:20  by slateloose

Gridref: TL 22700 92100   FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Drove down lane to end and parked near Bedford's Farm, its then just a easy walk along track to trig point.

16th Aug 2020  07:35  by Fenland Coddiwompler

FB Number: S6818  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Nice Sunday morning stroll to this one

Farcet Fen

9th Jul 2019  22:35  by WanderingSal

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

1st Jul 2018  12:09  by Pritch227

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

nice flat views,parked by the houses for the short walk along the track.

©Pritch227

1st Jul 2018  12:09  by WuzzerL

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

on corner of field followered tracks to it

©WuzzerL

8th Apr 2018  09:03  by CJO

Gridref: TL 22775 92134   FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

All intact. Drove right to it despite all the flooding.

Farcet Fen

11th Oct 2017  15:10  by Mickandkim

Gridref: TL 22773 92128   FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Drove up lane from south

24th Apr 2017  13:53  by asbown

Gridref: TL 22773 92133   FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

nice walk on decent tracks from the south east.

2nd Apr 2017  00:00  by dogwalking

Gridref: TL 22775 92133   FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

parked by large barn at end of the road then walked along the track to the pillar easy to find

30th Jan 2017  14:05  by tim747

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

19th Sep 2016  15:08  by theposhbloke

Gridref: TL 22762 92126   FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

14th Nov 2014  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: TL 22773 92136   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

17th Apr 2010  15:42  by THE CYCLIST

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

10th Jul 2009  17:00  by gowrie

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

3rd Oct 2008  09:34  by Griefmiester

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Located on farm track - not sure if you should drive along it! - Pillar in good condition, farmland view

18th Feb 2008  12:19  by arranc

Gridref: TL 22700 92100   FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

1st Oct 2007  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

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21st Jan 2006  11:20  by Julian Dowse

Gridref: TL 22795 92110   FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy access alongside a farm track.

Farcet Fen S6819 Pillar and landscape On the farmtrack looking west.
Farcet Fen S6819 Pillar From the track looking SE.
Farcet Fen S6819 Top plate
Farcet Fen S6819 GPS Possibly not too accurate, but about right.©Julian Dowse

20th Jun 2004  12:00  by donohoep

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy access via a farm track. As already reported nothing much going for this one. Extensive views all round of the typical fenlands of Cambridgeshire.

The Flush Bracket

12th Jun 2004  10:21  by discjirm

Gridref: TL 22773 92142   FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

This pillar is easy to find, being positioned right beside a track on a corner. It is not on a public right of way, but it is possible to visit the pillar without leaving the good track. The views are not particularly good, and it was not somewhere that I really wanted to linger.

9th Nov 2002  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S6819  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

edge of fm tk, vgc, metal cap, wide view altho only 1m>datum - trackside, overlooking Yaxley Lode & much-sunken Holme Fen