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18th Nov 2022  07:35  by wandering_rjt

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Great walk from Kenfig reserve car park while visiting the Altmark ship wreck. No trig in site though

30th Oct 2022  14:50  by ChrisMadz

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11th Apr 2022  12:10  by Seth7,CLJ &RLJ

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Longer walk than I expected probably down to the wind..the weathers not mine, would have been quicker if it was maybe! Agree all gone or toppled and buried more than likely. Great walk across and back though and had to be quick though as I'd only 3hrs on my parking ticket so didn't go exploring!

18th Mar 2022  16:16  by janineharris44

FB Number: S2346  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 8/10

Even though the Pillar has been destroyed, the location is beautiful. There are fragments of concrete all around, but nothing that is distinguishable as trig remains. Lovely wreck of wooden ship just through onto beach. For fun I drew my own trig at the location in the sand!

25th Sep 2021  08:17  by Robert Kemp

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27th Mar 2020  15:30  by gower lad

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From Mawdlam church, across burrows, passed multiple ponds and flooded areas, (was reduced to wading at one point), to reach sand dunes along coast, fascinating landscape. No sign of pillar, a few bits of rough concrete (poor mortar and beach pebbles) might have been from pillar base. Location not far from wreck of old ship on beach.

wreck near lost pillar ©gower lad

2nd May 2019  10:09  by robcross

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5th Apr 2019  13:43  by Father Ted

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What a strange place to build a trig point, on top of a sand dune. I'm tempted to classify this as 'remains' given the amount of bits of concrete I found in the dip some 6 meters west of the given location. Why else would there be concrete here?

Kenfig Burrows trig remains may be
Possible trig point remains

5th Jan 2019  10:30  by peregrinus

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Big hole in dune where trig should be, was maybe taken out by a storm induced blow out and maybe became buried. Fair bit of concrete to NE e.g. at SS 78102 82790 but saw nothing identifiably trig related

ex pillar location
ex pillar location looking north

13th Jul 2017  13:05  by Ramblingpaul

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Visited for completeness. Lovely location

7th Jan 2017  10:54  by jonglew

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OS records this destroyed April 1949. Amongst the sand dunes in the Special Area of Conservation.

Where it was located TP4161©jonglew

4th Aug 2016  20:29  by asbown

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4th Aug 2016  20:29  by The reluctant trigger

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18th Feb 2015  17:54  by Ant1974

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8th Jan 2013  14:00  by wood owl

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22nd Aug 2012  08:25  by tom

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The trig site is in the dunes above the shore line of Kenfig Burrows between Port Talbot and Porthcawl. A small lump of non-trig concrete was found nearby but no sign of any remains of the pillar were seen. The site was reached by a pleasant walk through the dunes on paths and tracks from the Information Centre near Kenfig. The crest of the dunes looks over the Port Talbot Works in the north to the mountains beyond. The extensive sand dune system is to the east with some low hills of South Glamorgan in the distance. The feint outline of the distant hilltops of Exmoor could be seen in the south and Swansea and the Gower are in the north-west. The area has been designated a SSSI, a Special Area of Conservation and is a Local and National Nature Reserve.

19th Sep 2011  13:05  by ltrc

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23rd Jul 2011  10:54  by kawaherp

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While geocaching nearby spotted it on my gps after looking for it and not finding any sing of it I give up after looking for clues discovered it is missing

21st Oct 2008  11:00  by Glaslyn

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Had hopes of finding this half buried but no joy! Sort of scenic walk if you enjoy that sort of view.

25th Aug 2008  11:00  by Dusty

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Mrs Dusty at location The dunes have changed shape over the years and the trigpoint has been buried or destroyed by the sea.
View north towards Port Talbot
View south towards Sker Point

22nd Jan 2007  384:0  by rhayader_wanderer

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Sacrificed hopes of bagging the remainder of the Vale to confirm this site. Put simply its gone with no evidence. Put in detail its a long walk from kenfig with plenty of scope to make a mess of routing amongst the seasonal pools. far better is the long walk on the N-S track