Logged Visits:

9th Jun 2023  15:00  by Phil Clayton

FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

First of three visited on cycle ride from boat tied up in Whittlesey via various minor roads and droves and one stretch of main road. No one about at toll bar cottage so went through key pad gate and knocked on main house door. Willingly given permission to cross paddock and visit pillar. Good views from this minor eminence. Toll Bar cottage folk had returned when I went back down drive but were quick to point out that ‘it belongs to them’!

13th May 2023  10:01  by eon

Gridref: TL 22272 95916   FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

(2989) Parked up just inside the entranceway on Toll Road, and walked down to the main house. Kind lady there readily gave permission to visit the pillar. She said they get quite a few calls from both triggers and civil war enthusiasts alike. Pillar easily reachable, though the ground is quite waterlogged in places. In overall good condition and still sporting its original metalwork. Pillar history: Built on the 5th of March 1952, at a cost of £20 8s 0d. Last maintained by the OS in May of 1984.

First sight ©eon
Horsey Hill Fort ©eon
Pillar ©eon
FB S6822 ©eon
Top ©eon
Centre cap - detail ©eon

17th Sep 2022  14:00  by DaveD

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

With Debi. Gate has the code written next to the keypad to gain entry to the farm. Drove up and the owner was outside working, happily granted access to the trig.

17th Mar 2022  16:56  by brit_97

FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

2nd visit as owners weren’t in first time! Lovely lady explained best route to trig!

1st Jan 2022  14:10  by ChelseaG

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

1st Jan 2022  14:08  by TrigbaggingLJ1

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

30th Dec 2021  11:00  by jasminfindstrigs

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

Had to ask permission from the owner who was lovely. She was very helpful and informed me of the best way to go around her land and ponies would be. I initially went to the wrong bungalow, however, they were very chatty and kind and showed me where to go!

13th Sep 2020  15:47  by NJM

FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

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...I think either this or Farcet Manor Farm is 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. That said this is a very interesting TP. Access asked for and happily granted by the house owner. The ponies are very friendly and were curious about the dog. Many thanks to Fenland Coddiwompler for the historical info below! Final observation: the whole of the hill fort is being undermined by rabbits! There is so much tunnelling underneath the base of the TP I would not be surprised to see future photos of the TP tilted at a jaunty angle, or even toppled!

View North Storm's TP # 98 "Horsey" Hill Fort indeed!
Horsey Hill Fort Rabbit burrow.
View West
View South
View East

15th Aug 2020  15:20  by Fenland Coddiwompler

Gridref: TL 22270 95925   FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Horsey Hill Fort built in 1643 by Parliamentary troops during the Civil War. There is an historical reference to this site. 'In October 1644, shortly after Crowland and Peterborough fell, the Eastern Association sent 300 men from Cambridge to hold `Horsey Bridge Pass’.

Horsey Hill Fort
Horsey Hill Fort©Fenland Coddiwompler

1st Aug 2020  13:35  by Mickandkim

Gridref: TL 22270 95925   FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Drove lane to back of house and was given ok to visit trig Had to tackle two ponies on our way back but they were friendly

10th May 2019  21:16  by WanderingSal

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

1st Jul 2018  11:38  by WuzzerL

FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Asked at the main house given permission.

©WuzzerL

1st Jul 2018  11:37  by Pritch227

FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

great location for the pillar,permission readily granted at the house down the bottom of the drive.

©Pritch227

24th Apr 2017  14:47  by asbown

Gridref: TL 22269 95926   FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

asked at the house and given permission.

2nd Apr 2017  00:00  by dogwalking

Gridref: TL 22269 95927   FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

23rd Jul 2016  14:42  by CJO

Gridref: TL 22277 95933   FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

All intact. Three interested ponies. Permission given by owner.

Horsey Hill Fort

27th Apr 2016  14:49  by theposhbloke

Gridref: TL 22267 95923   FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

14th Nov 2014  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: TL 22274 95939   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

In the grounds of Horsey Grange (access adjacent to Toll Bar Cottage) at TL223960. Access readily granted but access easy if no one home

2nd Mar 2013  14:00  by Boneychest

FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Could see this pillar from what seemed like miles away across the fen. Knocked on the door of the big house (up the drive next to the cottage) and the lady of the house was happy for me to visit the pillar - even advised the safest route to avoid the mud & water. Great views in almost all directions.Sadly the sprawl of Peterborough is getting closer! Pillar in good condition with just a small chip missing from the top.

On the approach
The Flush Bracket
The spider
View towards Peterborough
View back to the owner's house

18th Dec 2010  14:00  by DanTrig

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 3/10

Trigbagging day after visiting Ely Cathedral, bagged 8 trigs today Redmere Farm, Little Ouse, Queens Ground, Middle Moor, Angle Bridge, Horsey Hill Fort (Seen) Farcet Manor Farm and Haddon Lodge. Very Very cold.

10th Jul 2009  14:55  by gowrie

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 4/10

13th Jul 2008  15:57  by gazooks

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 4/10

AS previous logs have stated visible but unreachable.

Tip of pillar just visible

5th Oct 2007  12:10  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 6/10

Too private to just wander into and no one in at the house near the gate. visible from side roads but ditches block the cross country access

5th Aug 2007  15:04  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

The owner was out mowing the lawn. I walked in through the main gate and up the path to her. She readily gave permission to cross the grounds and rach the pillar, without seeking any major explanation.

6th May 2006  19:39  by S&G.Davison

Gridref: TQ 24789 84812   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 5/10

Position logged gives a vey good view against the skyline

20th Jun 2004  12:25  by donohoep

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 6/10

Part of Horsey Grange, a private house. There don't seem to be any plans to open up the Civil War fort( a Scheduled Ancient Monument)to the public at the moment. Horsey Hill fort (between Whittlesey and Stanground) had been built as part of a chain of defences along the border. The fort was a sophisticated gun emplacement and is among the best surviving in the country [ ref:www.peterboroughheritage.org.uk/civilwar.html]

Horsey Hill The Civil War Fort Gun Embankments at Horsey Hill

12th Jun 2004  10:44  by discjirm

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 5/10

This pillar is clearly visible from the A605 and B1095 roads, sitting on the site of the old civil war fort at Horsey Hill. I approached from the B1095 across a field, but the pillar is in a garden over two wire fences. I did not fancy climbing them when the pillar was so conspicuous from the house, so I decided to log it as unreachable as visible. I did not get a very clear view of it, but it seemed intact (see photo for details).

Horsey Hill Fort trig pillar from a distance. Horsey Hill Fort trig pillar from a distance.©discjirm

9th Oct 2002  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S6822  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

on earthwks of Civil War hill ft in gdn, +/- mint cond