Logged Visits:

8th Oct 2022  08:47  by Trigger monster

FB Number: S3444  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Approached from west along track past Wick Country Park, through a light industrial estate, track turns south then is blocked by an electric gate. Beyond the gate the electricity wires are about 200 metres further south. On foot, fairly easy to walk around the gate, past several parked commercial vehicles and coloured horse boxes. Pillar a few metres past the overhead electric wires next to a fence and a small tree. Good condition, protected by tree, looks like a branch leaning on the top has worn away the inscription on the cap. Views to west. Raised S prefix. From here, headed east towards Southend, back west then south and then east onto A127, went past a turning off the main road for Fanton Hall, so possibly accessible from there although there is an electric gate and could be tricky turning off a fast road.

Fanton Hall Flush plate
Fanton Hall Spider and cap under tree branch
Fanton Hall North towards gate

25th Oct 2021  14:50  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: S3444  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Met the farmer on the way down to Fanton Hall and asked if was ok to continue down to the trig as there a lot of no public access signs on the way down to the factory units.

22nd Oct 2015  13:42  by g4wsb

Gridref: TQ 76287 91152   FB Number: S3444  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

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15th Oct 2015  15:51  by VinceTP

Gridref: TQ 76276 91144   FB Number: S3444  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

22nd Feb 2015  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: TQ 76283 91151   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Visit at first light in order to cross dual carriageway.

22nd Jan 2012  16:30  by peregrinus

FB Number: S3444  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc, metal cap with shallow letters very worn or even blank. At edge of arable field, just outside new paddock fence, a few m W of farm road. From S, was travelling eastbound, parked that side and had a bit of fun crossing the A12.

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Trig - front
Trig - back

6th Apr 2008  09:04  by red chicken

FB Number: S3444  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Cap in place, flush bracket very hard to read

not the best weather to go trigging
Flush bracket
a cold day in april

1st Sep 2007  07:30  by Original Pickaxe

FB Number: S3444  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

There have been some notable changes in the 3 years or more since this Trig was last logged. If you look at the photos supplied by "Neverlost" and compare them with the ones I have taken today you will see that the Trig is no longer surrounded by trees , they have all gone and the most notable feature is the deterioration of the readability of the Flush Bracket. Rather than this being corrosion I think it may be a build up of mud and other farm type components that would probably come off with a good pressure wash or sturdy brushing. I gave it a 6 just due to the fact that all parts of the Trig are intact even if the location is uninspiring. The farm road has been gated off to non authorised vehicular access but on foot you can just walk around it. A past visitor has also left a large heavy duty bolt on the Spider , but I chose not to move it.

Trig ©Original Pickaxe
Hard to read Flush Bracket ©Original Pickaxe
Spider ©Original Pickaxe
Trig on edge of field ©Original Pickaxe
Gate across the farm road ©Original Pickaxe

28th Mar 2004  15:20  by NeverLost

FB Number: S3444  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy to find at the end of a farm road off the A127. Views over Basildon.

S3444 - Flush Bracket Great Fanton Hall
S3444 - Spider Great Fanton Hall
S3444 Great Fanton Hall

31st Aug 2003  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S/3444  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc; BSM style FB; metal cap no letters; pasture just W of gateway