Logged Visits:

29th Sep 2023  13:01  by Trigger monster

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Approached from east, no obvious high ground. Reached village of Stoke Lyne, then turned around and pulled over at field entrance on south side of road at start of footpath. No sign of pillar in field. Headed south east towards field boundary. Used detailed map on here to help as wanted to get to Banbury by 2pm. South from corner of hedge peering into very dense bushes, just spotted pillar after about fifteen metres. No obvious way through. Managed to squeeze through on hands and knees a few metres north of the pillar. Pillar very well sheltered by hedge, just east side clear of vegetation. Thank you to previous visitors. Field view to east. Spider and plugged cap in place. Leaning to west, therefore logged as damaged.

Stoke Lyne Flush plate
Stoke Lyne East side on arrival
Stoke Lyne East side after tidying up
Stoke Lyne Spider and plugged cap
Stoke Lyne Looking south showing lean

22nd Sep 2023  12:50  by JoeNTMY

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

In the hedge, but still visible with fruiting brambles above it

24th Aug 2021  12:53  by vegibagger

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Very bad time of year to try and find it... Totally entombed in SE side of Blackthorn sloe hedge. THE TPLF swooped in and Trig Pillar Liberator Man.. took half an hour mega gardening to fully release it.

Pre-pruning impossible to find ©vegibagger
Trig revealed. ©vegibagger
Top 'face' ©vegibagger
FB ©vegibagger

11th Apr 2020  06:35  by Raydown

FB Number: 6763  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Bit difficult too locate due too being over grown from hedge but still visible once closer

14th Feb 2020  16:42  by slateloose

Gridref: SP 57200 27900   FB Number: S6763  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Parked in gateway at start of bridleway, but decided to walk along road and go through gap in hedges for a more direct shorter route to trig point. Walked back along bridleway but very muddy and waterlogged.

26th Jun 2019  09:02  by WanderingSal

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

4th May 2019  06:38  by widget

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

The 4th was with me as I cycled off early doors from Glebe Leisure Touring Park to bag this one. I had not intended to cross wet fields on a bright but very chilly morn, so was glad to get a half decent photo from the road of the trig shining in the sunlight. Then back to the Moho for warming snuggles before brekky.

Very much part of the hedge

4th Aug 2018  12:30  by Nekyram

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Parked in gateways , straight across stubble field to trig in hedge.

21st Apr 2018  17:07  by Pritch227

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Damaged  Score: 4/10

another hedge pillar.

©Pritch227

21st Apr 2018  17:07  by WuzzerL

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

©WuzzerL

5th Mar 2018  00:00  by Sharp

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Pillar leaning

Stoke Lyne
Stoke Lyne
Stoke Lyne

30th Sep 2017  11:17  by blackboot29

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

10th Jun 2017  07:45  by G1ANQ

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Rather hard work walking through the cow parsley around the edge of the crop to get to this Trig. I popped through a hole in the hedge onto the road on the way back to the bike, i left at the gate, as the walk was easier.

Flush Bracket
Trig Point

10th Jun 2016  18:55  by g4wsb

Gridref: SP 57287 27948   FB Number: S6763  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Parked near entrance to gates right along long grass hedge line.

©g4wsb
©g4wsb
©g4wsb

19th May 2016  12:25  by simplysup

Gridref: SP 57286 27950   FB Number: S6763  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Followed the useful advice provided by robinhood in the last log to park at the E. gateway, some 300yds down from the trig location. Walked back up around edge of cropfield to trig, which is situated in hedgerow, which appears to have been trimmed back to keep the trig from being overgrown. Flat countryside so not much views.

The trig

23rd Oct 2015  15:05  by robinhood

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 4/10

First of two trigs after dropping son off in Bicester. Can park in entrance gate to field E of trig which is the better side to get to it as it's on the E side of the hedge of the N/S aligned hedge. I spotted it fairly easily when walking W on the road as the hedges had been cut back. Some views SW.

1st Oct 2015  18:47  by VinceTP

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

2nd Jul 2015  11:08  by jonglew

Gridref: SP 57285 27949   FB Number: S6763  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Parking on roadside grass verge; access through wide hedgerow a little awkward. Pillar found on E side hedgerow in arable field currently with a maturing barley crop. Being enveloped into the hedge, cleared it a little. Leaning badly, as noted by the OS when it was only 32mm out of true - a bit more now I suspect. Must be more than 'slightly damaged' with that much tilt so have re-classified it 'Damaged'. Chunk of concrete missing from one vertical edge; top edges/corners chipped; cap missing, asphalt plug; rear sight hole open. In a poor state.

Pillar - Before Gardening Duties TP6203©jonglew
Pillar - After Gardening Duties TP6203©jonglew
Damaged Foundations TP6203©jonglew
Spider TP6203©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP6203©jonglew

21st Apr 2014  14:37  by CJO

Gridref: SP 57285 27948   FB Number: S6763  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Ceramic cap. Leaning to west and located in the hedge above a drainage gully. Surrounded by rape crop, but readily accessible from road.

Stoke Lyne

22nd Jul 2012  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SP 57286 27948   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

24th Mar 2012  17:15  by MCL

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Unremarkable location but as people have logged already the trig is not vertical. The leaning trig of Lyne maybe we should rename it. Its angle is about the same as that tower in Piza. Did notice a strange deposit of something like porridge just in front of the trig. Wasn't going to investigate to find out though!

26th Feb 2012  07:50  by Dart More

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Lovely morning run from cherwell Valley services. Birght and frosty. Ran back through the quintissentially English hamlet of Stoke Lyne. trig is tilting as others have said. Concrete plug, spider, hooks and FB allgood condition

10th Jan 2012  10:40  by Phil Clayton

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Quick diversion from M40. Judging by the cans in the ditch by the side of the road along here the local tipples are Boddies and Fosters.

9th Jul 2011  10:30  by Mickandkim

Gridref: SP 57282 27944   FB Number: S6763  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

In hedge covered with ivy

9th May 2011  16:57  by tigger4242

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

Field was full of crops. No way of reaching the trig at this time of year

27th Nov 2009  12:02  by SlainteJimmy

Gridref: SP 57283 27951   FB Number: S6763  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Really claggy Clay field - yeck... had to force through the hawthorn hedge to reach the flush bracket, hey ho :-)

Stoke Lyne ..claggy but well kempt.

28th Sep 2009  14:31  by Griefmiester

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

located close to lane - quick hop through the hedge. Pillar is cracked and leaning into hedge, could be toppled in the near future, farmland views

20th Jun 2009  16:00  by dal

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Followed Wanderers advice. Trig obvious - flush with the hedge.

6th Aug 2008  15:15  by Lathama

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

The Wanderer's instructions are excellent - approach via the bridleway from the west would be more difficult. The pillar is hard to spot at this time of year, deeply buried in the hedge between a newly-ploughed field and a wheat field. Concrete plug replacement; traces of paint; sightholes not visible. The concrete base is heavily undermined on the east side and the pillar may be leaning just slightly. There are two large chunks of concrete missing from the right hand edge of the east face. Moderate easterly views

26th Dec 2007  15:25  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

CAREFUL APPROACH TO AVOID THE WORST WET AND MUDDY PATCHES, BUT NO PROBLEM SIGHTING

10th Mar 2007  11:30  by Father Ted

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Trig is beginning to look sorry for itself, cracks and on a tilt. I followed the Wanderer's instructions to get to it.

13th Jan 2007  15:02  by theblack

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

Trig is leaning into the hedge and has a very recent chunk missing, missing chunk was laying next to the trig. Damage probably due to recent hedge cutting. Also signs of old damage which has been patched.

Stoke Lyne Trig ©theblack

16th Sep 2006  14:08  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SP 57280 27940   FB Number: S6763  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Buried in the hedge,access in the corner if approaching from the ROW.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

11th Sep 2006  18:25  by barryhunter

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Hidden in the hedge, so ended up approaching from the wrong side :(, but easy access though to the SE. Didnt see the plug, but got a blurry photo of a tar plug from poking the camera though on a monopod!

25th Mar 2006  18:18  by Bear and Ragged

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Another trig tucked away in a hedge. Luckily the Flush Bracket is facing the field, and not at the back of the pillar! Traces of white paint still visable.

©Bear and Ragged
©Bear and Ragged

26th Jan 2006  15:15  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Gateway 200m to the east of the trig on the road provides safe parking and no distuptive access. Good headland then provides access around the edge to the well maintained trig

26th Nov 2005  15:40  by lackofluke

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Entered the field to the west of the trig through a gap in the hedge about 100m NW of the trig and then followed the hedge round to the trig. If, like me, you don't mind going through the hedge, this is probably the easiest way to get to it. The FB faces into the field to the east. No worthwhile views.

Flush bracket
Trig through the hedge Taken from the wrong side of the hedge.

14th Sep 2005  16:45  by atkins

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

14th Apr 2005  10:00  by Trigger

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

31st May 2004  13:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

In the hedge on the oppsite side of the field to the footpath access - but there is a gap just past it where you can scramble through. Plug with concrete infill.

20th Aug 2003  09:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: 6763  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

vgc; white; resin plug; in hedge 18m S of hedge cnr, easily visible from E side following recent hedge trimming; some ivy removed by RobW (failed to find it a week earlier, checked 1:25k map and went back)

28th Jun 2003  11:22  by Pharisee

Gridref: SP 57260 27945   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Possibly missing  Score: 0/10

When I prepare for a trig point hunt, I use Memory Map to give me the co-ordinates of the points I'm hunting. So far, they've been good enough to enable me to locate the trig point in question. They've never been more that a few 10's of feet out. This one, however eluded me. The co-ordinates placed it in the middle of a wheat field about 150 feet from the nearest hedge. It certainly wasn't present in the wheat field. I got to withing about 20 feet using the tractor tracks and as the wheat was only about 18 inches high if the T/P was there, I would have seen it. Upon re-checking the memory co-ordinates with the ones quoted on this data base there was a discrepancy of about 88 feet in the easting whch would have put the T/P that much closer to the nearest hedge. It is possible that the T/P is concealed within the hedge but said hedge was extremely dense and it was impossible to see into it at this time of year.

29th Aug 1982  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: S6763  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Off-white pillar beside hedge in ploughed stubble field