Logged Visits:

16th Apr 2024  19:28  by Hannahrichi3

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

Parked in the large layby at the base of the mast road. Work ongoing at the mast so bits and pieces fenced off but trig still accessible.

15th Mar 2024  15:48  by pricklyangelduo

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

A drizzly walk on good paths from Loch Bradan

12th Sep 2023  09:27  by paulxtr

FB Number: NO FB  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Convenient layby to park in at start of logging road to trig. Original cap still present.

Tairlaw Ring ©paulxtr

16th Aug 2021  11:30  by Ocram

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

Short walk accessed via Knockdon forestry road. Nice views at summit.

15th Sep 2017  16:34  by wrose

Gridref: NX 40791 98845   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Nothing really to add other than to confirm that it is still there and in the condition previously described.

Tairlaw Ring Pillar.
Tairlaw Ring Plug.

16th Sep 2016  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NX 40790 98840   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Gap cut in conifers @ NX 4077 9885 - easy access from tracks to west

14th May 2011  18:14  by coinea

Gridref: NX 40789 98839   FB Number: NO FB  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

14th May 2011  18:13  by clochandighter

Gridref: NX 40788 98843   FB Number: NOFB  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

HISTORY: Pillar completed 3rd June 1954 costing £33.4s.0d. Computed as tertiary station NX29/T27 in 1955. Levelled for height value at pillar top also in 1955. Last maintained by the OS in September 1976. SITE VISIT: Parked in entrance to forest track at NX398986. Vehicle gate locked. Followed track network as shown on map. Comms mast gives an early indication of trig position. Trig pillar away from mast compound. Pillar in fair condition showing numerous surface cracks. Spider retains OS centre cap with deep indented letters. Built without flush bracket. Vented through SW sight hole. Spider leg perpendicular to a pillar edge points 344° NNW. The mostly 360° skyline is part interupted by random young trees nearby. Photographed 14/05/2011, GRP. Panorama: http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=1a9b1481-873c-46a1-b076-34c3924c72c9

NoFB - Tairlaw Ring & GRP

2nd Mar 2008  08:51  by agentmancuso

Gridref: NX 40787 98842   FB Number: NONE  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

No FB, spider intact, some fine cracks. Went on to the nearby Yeaman at Craig Dhu - a fine little hill, despite the surrounding logging. Clockwise, dropping down to Loch Bradan, then back via Tallaminnoch.

Tairlaw Ring 020308 Shiel Hill in background
Tairlaw Ring 020308

7th Oct 2007  12:00  by peregrinus

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

Crazed with shallow cracks but fully intact. Metal cap, deep letters. Built without FB. At summit by little mast compound. Surrounding plantation clear-felled with a few isolated spruces at summit. Easy access from WSW, locked gate.

27th Oct 2004  11:45  by Desaznak

Gridref: NX 40788 98836   FB Number: NIL  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Trig point shares a hilltop in the Galloway Forest Park with a couple of comms aerials. There is no flush bracket on this trig. Easy access from road to west by forest track. GPS error given as +/- 5m.

Tairlaw Ring The Tairlaw Ring trig point with one of 2 co-located aerials in the background.