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27th Oct 2019  15:46  by jonglew

Gridref: NS 96619 74930   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

FBM located buried to its top in rough roadside verge. GPS plate and bolt on top surface, no sign of the Benchmark plate. Measured it at 2.6m from roadside, and 1m SW of the maturing rowan tree. Left it uncovered.

FBM - location TP7145©jonglew
FBM TP7145©jonglew
The Bolt TP7145©jonglew

9th Sep 2019  11:31  by thejackrustles

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

Not easy to spot in the long grass. Found metal cover and paced 3m to right of rowan tree and my trainer slipped on something, it was the OS plaque!

Linlithgow FBM

14th Jun 2019  12:46  by orlando rat

Gridref: NS 96610 74920   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Found easily due to previous hunters keeping it clear of earth.

Linlithgow

12th Jun 2019  13:57  by asbown

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

Buried and its started raining so it's still buried.

26th Mar 2018  14:14  by Griefmiester

Gridref: NS 96605 74921   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

FBM buried to the neck! only found with the aid of Rob's directions, not sure of condition as can only see the top.

29th May 2017  15:11  by Martin R

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

6th May 2017  09:50  by dugswell2

FB Number: NONE  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Another one easy to find.

10th Jan 2017  15:55  by Sandgrownun

Gridref: NS 96619 74919   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy find, thanks to other logs. It defo isn't plumb though.

Linlithgow FBM
Linlithgow FBM, under bottles

8th Jan 2017  10:08  by Cootking

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

Hiding under Macdonald's cup. Thanks to those that originally tracked it down and left directions.

Between bottle and rowan (dark bit half way between)

14th May 2016  08:06  by lonesome_cowboy_burt

Gridref: NS 96615 74921   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy find thanks to CJO. Parked in field entrance. Left uncovered

21st Apr 2016  17:51  by Aqueously90

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Log #312. Easily found, many thanks Chris! Parked in front of gate, FBM is buried nearby to rowan tree to left of gate. [ExP-225/MiP-24/Rev-2/BM-20/IS-31/Other-10]

FBM
Location

17th Apr 2016  13:16  by CJO

Gridref: NS 96607 74922   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Granite block with 2" bolt which has a surveyor's arrow and OS plaque. Was buried 5cm deep - left open after a spruce up.

Linlithgow

22nd Sep 2014  14:09  by coinea

Gridref: NS 96617 74920   FB Number: NONE  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Thanks peregrinus for brilliant directions! I had no measuring or digging tools but still managed to locate it.

Linlithgow FBM.

23rd May 2014  21:55  by peregrinus

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OS sketch seems to have gone. Used photos. 3m from metal cover, 3m from end of white line, 2m from rowan tree, under turf. Dusk by the time I found it. 2019 update, having seen a few like this recently - this is the lower marker - the mini pillar has gone

FBM unearthed
Spade marks the spot 3m from metal cover, 3m from end of white line, 2m from rowan tree

28th Dec 2011  12:50  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NS 96610 74920   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Hard to find because of lots of stones giving false hope but in the end it was unearthed

18th Sep 2010  14:50  by SlainteJimmy

Gridref: NS 96618 74918   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

No height tag but a whopping arrow on the *bolt-head* ..buried enough for lazy OS to drill the 1999 plaque on its top rather than dig it out and pop on the side as usual ...at a bit of an odd angle too - no spirit level but an obliging red berry rolled South to North proving the top is pretty tilted.

Linlithgow ..buried with tilted top.

21st Aug 2010  16:32  by descarte1

Gridref: NS 96609 74918   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Buried FBM. Went straight to it via the sketch and tape. Although the measurement from the nearby fence post appears 20cm too far....I digress. Parking right beside it. Currently uncovered in terms of excavated mud, but slightly grassed over. Nice big bolt with broad arrow on it. Not the usual FBM top.

21st Aug 2010  16:31  by pog

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30th Jan 2009  13:45  by Late starter

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This FBM was so deeply buried that the top of it was flush with the ground. Height tag was missing.

30th Jan 2009  13:45  by Bergfuehrer

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West Lothian. We had to uncover this. I wonder how much of a pillar lies beneath?

16th Oct 2008  12:41  by agentmancuso

Gridref: NS 96615 74919   FB Number: NONE  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Bit of a pig, even with the sketch. Under 2 inches of turf.

2nd Mar 2007  16:15  by andyc

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Unusually this was more difficult to find than the nearby Auxiliary. Very close to Iainmac's stones which are exposed. Covered up again afterwards.

21st Oct 2006  10:49  by Boys from the Dyes

Gridref: NS 96308 75088   FB Number: NONE  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Have tried to find this a few times but on this trip went armed with location drawing from FBM List Site. Still took a bit of digging but found in the end.

Linlithgow FBM

15th May 2005  14:18  by ipeattie

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 0/10

Had a good poke about, but no luck. It's not a large area - I was probably standing on top of it. Return visit with tape measure required.

Linlithgow It's here, somewhere.

30th Sep 2004  15:51  by sky high boys

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

A nasty one. Sketch needed and this road is getting busier. Time to retreat for xome lunch me thinks.

29th Jun 2004  13:22  by fasgadh

Gridref: NS 96618 74919   FB Number: NONE  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Still buried, but the dead grass was a givaway.

Linlithgow

21st May 2004  12:00  by iainmac

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

At last. OS sketch (thanks to GRP) and tape measure eventually uncovered this one. And yet I still nearly gave up searching. N.B. I re-covered it roughly so OS sketch or these photos still likely to be needed.

3rd Mar 2004  12:00  by iainmac

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used OS sketch and yet I'm still not sure if I've found it or not. 2 stones found exactly where sketch predicted (no tape measure tho) but neither has plaque on it nor resembles any other fbm I have visited. It seems I am destined to visit this yet again with tape measure and shovel/trowel.

28th Feb 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 0/10

I think its got to be gone. Did a good search but still no sign. Only possibility now seems to be part of a stone wall has fallen on it.

4th Feb 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 0/10

Used GPS and 10 digit grid ref but no sign.