Logged Visits:

21st May 2023  10:31  by thejackrustles

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked at NS 5946 5425, then over gate. Hoped to walk up track shown on map but I think it was a tad overgrown (sorry very behind with my logging) and I then went into the field and walked up to the trigpoint.

Thornton Hill collage ©thejackrustles

11th Apr 2023  12:00  by ruari2022

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Didn't fancy the roundabout parking as had the wee one. Parked ythe other side on Thornton Rd. Gateway had bike lock so guessed no one coming anytime soon. Gateway wide enough to get car in. Walk up field edge as old tree lined gully wet under foot. Trig beside water troughs still.

©ruari2022

26th Mar 2023  10:02  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Managed to squeeze the van into the spaces just off the roundabout. Easy walk up the access road, over the gate and up to the trig. Bit muddy in places.

15th Apr 2022  12:30  by WeirdWifie

FB Number: S3595  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

A rather unplesant walk up the track from the roundabout due to a huge amount of rubbish that has been dumped there. Trig is right beside the water trough.

25th Nov 2021  12:12  by WuzzerL

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

up old service road to bag this one

25th Nov 2021  12:00  by Pritch227

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

parked up the road past the roundabout,up the green track,over one gate and through another to the trig field.

©Pritch227

20th Oct 2021  16:40  by vegibagger

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Up track & fields from road to the south west

Trig ©vegibagger
FB ©vegibagger
Top 'face' ©vegibagger
Cap ©vegibagger

17th May 2020  20:49  by John370

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

9th Apr 2020  09:20  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

FB Number: 3551  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

21st Sep 2017  13:00  by Borderer

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

First of two quick lunch time pillars. Short but muddy walk up from the nearby roundabout.

©Borderer

10th Sep 2017  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NS 59700 54415   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

19th Apr 2016  11:30  by KazEKWalks

FB Number: 3551  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

12th Feb 2016  15:30  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NS 59696 54420   FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Backed up to stone road block for short walk to trig

1st Nov 2015  15:25  by Aqueously90

Gridref: NS 59699 54418   FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Log #208. Tucked the car into an unused part of the roundabout to the NE, and simply walked up the farm track towards the pillar. Close to cell tower, the pillar is next to a water trough and is in good condition. The cap with raised lettering is intact. [ExP-166/MiP-8/Rev-2/BM-12/IS-17/Other-3]

FB
Pillar
Cap with raised lettering
Position next to the cell tower.

10th Mar 2013  22:59  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

17th Mar 2012  19:10  by clochandighter

Gridref: NS 59698 54417   FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Second visit. Pillar in good condition. Spider has replacement OS centre cap with raised wide letters. Flush bracket faces SW (223°). Vented through SE sight hole. Visited after dusk. Weather and visibility good but ground water logged and muddy.

S3551 - Thornton Hill & GRP
S3551 - Thornton Hill pillar & FB

28th Aug 2011  15:00  by Fraser07

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

My first ever checkpoint. I'm hoping to visit as many trigs as possible with my Dad.

17th Oct 2010  11:29  by Quadbarrel

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Another urbanish run across some fields to get to this one. Interesting watering station for the locals next to the trig and they will all get good reception on their mobiles from the adjacent mast (do cows get mobiles these days????)

Flush Bracket
Circular Plate
Watering Hole ©Quadbarrel
Good reception ©Quadbarrel

3rd Aug 2010  16:08  by SlainteJimmy

Gridref: NS 59694 54415   FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Nice chunky raised lettered Cap on this BSM Pillar with only the SouthEast sight open.. the Base has probably been washed away by the automatic trough alongside over-filling. Well secreted Voda-Mast from my parking at the nearby boundaround. :D

Thornton Hill ..well techy auto-fill trough alongside!

7th Jul 2010  12:00  by Johnoneill1916

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Nice easy one, Parked at mini r'about then a few hundred yards along track. Not much to see other than Whitlees wind farm as visibilty wasnt great!

28th Feb 2010  09:29  by German68

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

30th Jan 2010  11:14  by andyc

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

In good nick and has survived road building well. Panoramic views of Hairmyres hospital if you like that sort of thing.

27th Jan 2010  13:57  by campagvelocet

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

No livestock despite trough. View towards Campsies.

30th Dec 2009  15:00  by descarte1

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Vgc pillar standing in a field with trough beside it. The pillar, as noted, has survived the building of the new road from the M77 to East Kilbride (hoorah!). FB faces S-ish, spider intact with cap with raised lettering. South sighthole only open. Not bad views either towards the north. East Kilbride not so pretty to the east...

23rd Sep 2009  15:05  by Sandman

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

19th Feb 2009  12:54  by Fester

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

All intact and dry underfoot.

Towards the Campsies..

6th Jun 2007  18:00  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Roads all built with no effect on the trig. Parking on the minor road to the NE then walk back on a green lane then through the farm gate into a hay field

2nd Jan 2007  12:05  by coinea

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

"S" is above number. Choose a day to visit when there has been preceding dry weather. Ankle depth sucking mud in sheep field.

S3551 Thornton Hall

26th Dec 2006  14:56  by milivaig man

FB Number: 3551  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

I have just walked from TP at Meikle Dripps. This is very close to the new GSO road. Note from photographs that there is a mobile phone mast nearby and that the pylons shown on the 1:50000 map have been removed. The number on the Flush Bracket has no 'S' on it!

©milivaig man
©milivaig man

28th Dec 2005  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

vgc, metal cap, small raised letters, S above numbers. Nice view

Montaged by Jon Rouse ©peregrinus

3rd Apr 2005  18:15  by agentmancuso

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

No longer accessible from east owing to new road being built. Easy enough from south west.

27th Apr 2004  13:05  by fasgadh

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Intact with a new water trough nearby. Also new road being built at the bottom of the field.

Thornton Hill
Thornton Hill Metal

25th Feb 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Revisited to photograph; still OK

S3551
S3551
S3551

23rd Sep 2003  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Lots of excavations to East; currently about 100 yds away.

S3551

1st Aug 1990  12:14  by clochandighter

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

First visit. To record FB number. The pillar was completed 23rd November 1945 costing £5.0s.6d. In 1947 this marker was computed for triangulation as tertiary station NS77/T60 in the Glasgow secondary block. The flush bracket was levelled for height in 1967. This trig point was last maintained by the OS in September 1971. Spider has a replacement but genuine OS centre cap which has raised lettering. The flush bracket is numerically the earliest non primary trig pillar in Secondary Block NS77. BsM flush bracket with S above the number. On grazing land. GRP 1/08/1990.

8th Jun 1986  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: S3551  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Bare pillar in field. Approached along track from road bridge over Glasgow to East Kilbride railway.