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9th Feb 2023  13:16  by jonglew

Gridref: NT 00146 48587   FB Number: S3585  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

Roadside verge parking just N of Calladoone farm. Up onto Calla Hill first, then ~600m S to here over good pastureland. Pillar has some extensive damage to the upper part leaving 2 of the spider arm ends exposed. Centre cap missing, tube has an asphalt plug; RHD side sight hole open. Extensive panoramic views.

Pillar TP6987©jonglew
Spider TP6987©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP6987©jonglew

19th Dec 2022  12:07  by Dubvine

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

25th Oct 2022  15:17  by ruari2022

Gridref: NT 00100 48500   FB Number: S3585  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Parked just off the A70 and walked to double gates and up hedgerow to the top.

21st Jul 2022  12:52  by Oldhortus

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

Top of the trig is starting to crumble away. Great view of the surrounding country side

4th May 2022  20:05  by General Roy

FB Number: SS558  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Base exposed by wear and tear but overall good condition, good views to the Pentlands. Raised point in a grazing field,

4th May 2022  18:49  by Felonevrihil

Gridref: NT 00147 48586   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

©Felonevrihil
©Felonevrihil
©Felonevrihil

5th Nov 2021  10:09  by NormanW

FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

From the road corner to the North, along muddy tracks initially. Many cows and bull in adjacent field.

3rd Oct 2021  11:02  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Parking and route as descarte1. If cows are in this field then you can continue up the A70 and use the next field but that will require fence hopping.

18th Jul 2021  15:41  by descarte1

Gridref: NT 00145 48587   FB Number: S3585  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

Damaged pillar atop a small knoll. It's lost two corners. Bit of a pain to get to with a maze of electric fences. Eventually parked up on the minor road to the west of the pillar in a layby and walked a few hundred metres back up the A70 to a new-ish double field gate on the west side of the road. If you climb that, you'll be in the same field as the pillar. FB faces east-south-east-ish with north-east-ish sighthole open only. Cap missing but there's an asphalt plug. Good views.

13th Jan 2018  19:27  by Robert Phillips

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

15th Jul 2016  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NT 00147 48583   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

22nd May 2015  18:15  by Borderer

FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Nice easy one this. Parked within sight of the pillar on the lang wang and stuck to the pasture fields. Decent views.

©Borderer

20th Mar 2015  21:42  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NT 00144 48586   FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Over a gate and it was windy Off to the Rugby

23rd Sep 2014  17:01  by vegibagger

FB Number: S3585  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

south east and south west corners badly chipped off and lots Moore bits lose from freeze thaw action. FB 3585 with S above the numbers like a lot in Devon and numbers polished and very brassy coloured, probably from the sheep on the field!! Concrete filled plug

1st Mar 2014  14:45  by ocean soul

FB Number: S3585  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Easy access from A70 ...

24th Aug 2013  10:27  by coinea

Gridref: NT 00145 48582   FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Easy access over gate to trig field on A70.

S3585 Windy Gate.

1st Oct 2009  15:00  by Sandman

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

2nd Jun 2008  20:12  by agentmancuso

Gridref: NT 00141 48578   FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Lots of frisky young cattle around, so a bit of patience needed. Good views south. Doesn't feel like Lanarkshire, which is nice.

S3585 Windy Gate

8th May 2008  10:17  by clochandighter

Gridref: NT 00146 48582   FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Revisit: HISTORY: Pillar completed 13th December 1945 costing £8.3s.8d. Computed as tertiary triangulation station NS77/T73 within the Glasgow secondary block during 1947. Relevelled for height to Class 1 prescision, tertiary standards in 1957. Last maintained by the OS in July 1981. SITE VISIT: Overall approach from southwest. Nearest safe parking in layby on west side of unclassified road at NS996480. Followed field boundary into trig plot. Open grazing land. Pillar in fair condition, two apexes knocked off top, column slightly off plumb, base eroded by livestock. Spider is plugged with tar. BsM flush bracket faces east, compass measurement 92°. Vented through right (north) sight hole. Panorama includes Culter Fell, Quothquan Law, Tinto, West Cairn Hill, Black Mount.. First visited 1985. Revisited and photographed 26/09/2007, and again 8/05/2008 GRP.

S3585 - Windy Gate pillar & FB 26/09/2007 17:22
S3585 - Windy Gate pillar & FB, 8/05/2008 10:17

17th Apr 2007  17:50  by andyc

FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 4/10

Tricky car parking but only a short walk up. Lots of lambs in the fields.

8th Oct 2006  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Top spalling a little; mortar plug. BSM type FB. Pasture, summit by mast, nice view.

2nd May 2005  19:15  by ipeattie

Gridref: NT 00148 48581   FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Windy Gate - S3585 The pillar.
Windy Gate - S3585 Damage to the top.
Windy Gate - S3585 The flush bracket. (BsM)

27th Jan 2005  10:15  by fasgadh

Gridref: NT 00146 48584   FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Pentland outlier with masts on. Good view up to the southern Pentlands and over to Tinto. New windfarm has appeared over towards Forth. All metal work intact but some corners missing. Most trigs in this corner of Scotland are a wee bit battered. Used as a bovine scratching post and foundations showing. Owl perch too. As usual with the Lang Wang - parking can be awkward.

Windy Gate Metal
Windy Gate and Tinto
Windy Gate Looking northward to Darlees Rig and Seat Hill
Windy Gate And Mount Hill

11th Dec 2003  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

S3585
S3585
S3585

13th Jul 1985  14:05  by clochandighter

FB Number: S3585  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

First visit. To record FB number. The pillar was completed 13th December 1945 costing £8.3s.8d. In 1947 this marker was computed for triangulation as tertiary station NS77/T73 in the Glasgow secondary block. The flush bracket was levelled for height in 1957. This trig point was last maintained by the OS in July 1981. Grazing land. My first ever of many bags in Secondary Block NS77, Glasgow. MkII BsM FB.