Logged Visits:

7th Apr 2024  18:00  by DeniseMc

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

Unusual FBM- is it an FBM? it's definitely OS as it has a plaque and the bolt on top is like the top of a standard FBM. But, it's located under a c30cm diameter liftable concrete lid , and set in a concrete ring at ground level. Easy to find on east side of road at SO1087893670 in grass verge roughly half way between hedge and tarmac. Possible to pull in right by it with care. No pen, no height tag, no FBM plaque.

7th Apr 2024  16:45  by RichardM

Gridref: SO 10881 93671   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Unusual design for an FBM being a 'top hay style bolt' with nipple set in concrete under a ~30cm diameter concrete lid

19th Nov 2023  00:00  by PM

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

9th Aug 2022  08:47  by Trigobsession

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

5th Aug 2022  11:57  by The Trudges

FB Number: N/A  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Easy roadside bag top cover not so easy to get off, if visiting bring a screwdriver to help lift it off, FMB in great condition first one I've seen like this

Top of FMB©The Trudges
Removable top cover ©The Trudges
FMB
Bolt©The Trudges

28th May 2022  00:00  by Trigpointerrier

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

Didn't lift lid as parked on roadside. Bit overgrown.

2nd May 2022  10:26  by descarte1

Gridref: SO 10884 93663   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Odd FBM as noted in earlier logs. Easy enough to find beside the road, but... odd. It's got a lid. Marked slightly damaged due to some chipping etc on the screed round it. The FBM piece seems intact.

28th Sep 2020  13:33  by jonglew

Gridref: SO 10878 93675   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Another oddity of a FBM. Circular, set near enough at ground level in narrow grass verge. Cap tricky to remove, needed couple of items from the car. A standard FBM bolt revealed once the cap was lifted.

FBM TP0530©jonglew
Bolt TP0530©jonglew

24th Aug 2019  19:45  by Earby Rambler

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Visited with P61 and Brunshaw,an unusual FBM Brunshaw lifted lid on it.

Station
Site
Detail

24th Aug 2019  19:45  by painterman61

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

Great unusual fbm lifted lid for the reveal of the bolt

site ©painterman61
on ©painterman61
off ©painterman61
bolt detail ©painterman61

18th Aug 2019  10:54  by CJO

Gridref: SO 10875 93674   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

An unusual round manhole covering style with standard FBM bolt underneath.

Newtown

16th Aug 2019  11:51  by Griefmiester

Gridref: SO 10877 93675   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

strange FBM not is that easy to locate, located flush with the ground, looks more normal when you lift the lid off and you can see a more standard bolt.

13th Aug 2019  23:06  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

I was glad of the guidance from 1:10,000 map and guidance from the site. Several minutes spent parting long grass, ferns, brambles etc. The FBM is totally covered by a firmly attached variety of moss, so the sight of the OS metal tag was the confirmation of finding it! Certainly didn't look like the TheJackRustles photo. Out on a day trip from YHA Clun. FBMs still ahead of pillars for the year at 4 to 3 !

19th Oct 2018  11:11  by FrankR

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

A bit overgrown but it's there

23rd Nov 2017  15:11  by asbown

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

ignored this for 5 minutes until we cleared it and looked at previous photos.

23rd Nov 2017  15:11  by The reluctant trigger

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

24th Aug 2017  15:25  by Mickandkim

Gridref: SO 10878 93670   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy find roadside

12th Aug 2017  10:20  by Father Ted

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

I called in to bag this one whilst heading up to bag some Marilyns not too far north of here. A srrange covered FBM which had me fooled for a while. Glad it had a OS plaque on it.

7th Jul 2017  10:01  by Martin R

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 4/10

26th Mar 2017  16:15  by thejackrustles

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

Almost didn't spot it as it's not the usual FBM and is very buried.

Newtown FBM

5th Dec 2016  08:53  by Clanfield Rambler

Gridref: SO 10678 93670   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

On side of road, underwhelming fbm, easy to find this time of year as grass had been cut and vegetation died back

26th Jul 2016  10:20  by dugswell2

Gridref: SO 10878 93670   FB Number: NONE  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

A poor looking FBM bagged on journey back from Pembrokeshire.

5th Jul 2016  12:50  by Chris9870

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

Found it at the second attempt. It is between the mowed verge and the hedge.

22nd Jan 2016  11:35  by trigging on an island

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Quite a sorry sight. Rather underwhelming for a FBM.

9th Oct 2014  16:12  by Ant1974

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

19th Sep 2012  13:48  by wavydale

Gridref: SO 10878 93672   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

My first FBM, never spotted one on my travels and this one is about 7 miles from home. Surface looks a bit weak from frost and lichens/mosses. I paced it out 20 from the drainage cover on the road edge at the summit of the road -well once I had stamped about and cleared the grass and nettles.

Newtown FBM
Newtown FBM and distance

25th Jul 2012  14:30  by arranc

Gridref: SO 10882 93562   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 1/10

which manhole cover?

7th Apr 2012  14:45  by sheepsocks

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Easily found on eastern roadside verge, 23m south (approx) of the crossroads sign on the western verge. Manhole covers aren't much use as there's a series of them along the verge.

19th Mar 2011  15:45  by wrose

Gridref: SO 10880 93673   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Came on to this location from the pillar on Cefn-Mawr. Easy roadside find.

FBM Newtown FBM

12th Feb 2011  11:00  by Jonesduo

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

Easy find on grass verge

22nd Jun 2009  10:50  by Dusty

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Trigpoint

10th Apr 2007  12:00  by iainmac

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

Unusual design.

8th Jun 2005  09:41  by rhayader_wanderer

Gridref: SO 10883 93668   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

2/27 About 18 paces south of the manhole cover park nearby of about 250m north in a side road

5th Jun 2005  11:00  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SO 10800 93600   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Well try as i might couldnt get the lid off,didnt want to risk damage by levering it.

GPS spot on but couldnt get the lid off!

7th Aug 2004  00:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: NONE  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

E verge at road summit, not the standard marker post/pillar: shallow chamber under light concrete lid easy to lift, was filled with water, standard FBM stud underneath. Welsh & Eng GPS plaques, no height label. No railings. Limited parking by junct to N

FBM - location
FBM - lid on
FBM - lid off
FBM - inside