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21st Feb 2022  09:48  by NormanW

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Along wind farm roads from the NW, then only a short distance through heather etc to trig.

23rd Nov 2021  12:18  by NJM

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

My second visit, different route - W from Stottencleugh and a clockwise circuit up Yearn Hope then Sisters Cleugh and on to the pillar, back down Easter Wide Hope. Ascent of Sisters Cleugh mercifully not as punishing as the map suggested it might be! A far superior route than the Wind Farm tracks from the W, and the only route for the self-respecting hill-walker in my humble opinion...

View North
View East Storm's OS Pillar #323
View South West

24th Dec 2020  12:03  by fasgadh

Gridref: NT 71175 68153   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Up from near Oldhamstocks, not much activity on the construction front but there were some folk about. Cold, thin layer of snow. Very different from my last visit. It was pretty easy getting here before the wind farm.

Wester Dod ©fasgadh
©fasgadh
Wester Dod ©fasgadh

15th Dec 2020  10:00  by Oldhortus

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

Parked at NT 69176 68195 NE from here up to the wind farm. I stayed off the wind farm roads as there was a lot of traffic. It looks like many more turbines will be up here shortly.

22nd Aug 2020  15:02  by Border Peat

Gridref: NT 71170 68152   FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

New age, plant a turbine

©Border Peat

2nd Mar 2020  16:00  by allankelly

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Brilliant cycling trip up from Oldhamstocks and Ferneylea, tracks quite usable for the most part. Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/IX5OKmagx4

Untouched in the midst of industrial windmills

10th Jun 2019  11:02  by Nick&Rosie

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

You can stop putting up wind turbines thank you, we’ve got enough now...On top of the Pillar was a birds egg and a lambs leg. By the Pillar was a dead crow. I suspect some kind of satanic ritual has been taking place here, maybe a curse has been placed on the wind farm company...That said, Wester Dod would probably be a real balls-ache to get to if it wasn't for the wind farm tracks!

View North with Rosie
View East with Watson
View South
View West

31st Dec 2018  21:19  by Felthamboy

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

10th Jun 2018  14:04  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Easy plod due to the windmill roads, good views all round on a clear day.

12th Apr 2018  16:25  by ger

Gridref: NT 71173 68153   FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Quite misty - rain - standing under turbines I coud not always see blades. More turbines & roads than shown on my map. Approach from WNW at public/wind farm cross roads.

25th Feb 2018  12:45  by coinea

Gridref: NT 71174 68157   FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

From cattle grid at NT686689. Unluckily for me, the wind turbine which would have provided best access to the pillar was being worked on, blades about to be lifted into position, so in an "Exclusion zone". I was able to sneak in round the back without being seen.

S7139 Wester Dod

4th Oct 2017  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NT 71172 68152   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Good parking to west at NT692682. Path up between fence and forest - probably difficult in bracken season.

14th Apr 2017  17:25  by DeniseMc

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

19th Mar 2017  15:45  by Borderer

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Parked down the road from Aikengall and followed the track along the Wide Hope. The pillar is now well within the wind farm which is a shame as the 360 degree views are impressive. Views to the Eildon Hills - Pentlands - Lomond Hills - Fife Ness - Telegraph Hill - Cheviots.

©Borderer

29th Jun 2015  10:29  by Mtb Innerwick Stravaiger

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Wester Dod
Moontan Biker's View www.mtbstravaiger73.blogspot.co.uk

20th Jul 2013  16:30  by Chalky

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

A short km E of HP . Spider centre cap has indented lettering.

29th Jan 2011  09:48  by agentmancuso

Gridref: NT 71173 68152   FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

From NW, parked at cleuch just north of forest. Decent views to Cheviot, Eildons, Rubers Law, Dirringtons and Bass Rock, but North obscured by haze.

20th Apr 2009  12:02  by clochandighter

Gridref: NT 71173 68151   FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Second visit. For GPS measurement and photographs. SITE VISIT: Pillar in good condition. Spider retains OS centre plug with deep indented letters. Flush bracket faces 30° NNE. Vented through SW sight hole. Views include Knock Hill (S6704), Dirrington Great Law, Eildon Mid Hill, Spartleton, Bransly Hill, North Berwick Law, Cocklaw Hill Cockburn Law. Windfarm being built to northwest.

S7139 - Wester Dod pillar & FB
S7139 - Wester Dod & view to Bransly Hill

17th Jan 2009  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

vgc, metal cap, deep letters. In a patch of grass amidst heather, decent view. Access from NW via wind farm access track; parking at cattle grid. Work ongoing extending the wind farm.

21st Apr 2007  17:05  by andyc

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

I decided to take the mountain bike to this one but wouldn't recommend it! Track on map is intermittent at best and pedalling through knee high heather is quite hard work. Muggy day with shortened views. Completed East Lothian for me though!

23rd Apr 2005  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

S7139
S7139
S7139

25th Jun 2004  12:12  by fasgadh

Gridref: NT 71174 68166   FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Eastern edge of the Lammermuirs, so big coastal views expected and I was not disappointed. Views up to Dundee and Hill of Wirren as well as down to the Cheviot and Northumberland coast. Intact in the middle of a grouse moor.

Wester Dod Metal
Wester Dod Sea view

18th Aug 1992  16:49  by clochandighter

FB Number: S7139  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

NT711681, LR67. First visit. To record FB number. The pillar was completed 7th August 1952 costing £17.15s.6d. In 1953 this marker was computed for triangulation as tertiary station NT86/T28 in the Berwick secondary block. Flush bracket S7139 was never levelled for height. This trig point was last maintained by the OS in July 1971. Spider retained stamped font OS plug by August 1992.