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TP7409 - Crug Yr Afan
 
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Grid reference :
SS 92035 95455 map
Type :
Pillar
Condition :
Remains Remains
Flush Bracket :
S1596
Current use :
None
Historic use :
Other
T:UK waypoint :
TP7409
County :
Mid Glamorgan
Nearest town :
MAESTEG

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There are 28 photos for this trigpoint (view album).

This trigpoint:
Is ranked joint 15190th with 79 other trigs (more).
Has a mean score of 4.80/10 (from 30 logged visits)
Was First logged: 14th Nov 2006
Has never been found intact
Was Last logged: 24th Mar 2024

Of the 30 logged visits,
8 recorded a location and of these....
All were within 65m
The average error was 13m
2 were exact

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Selection of photos for this Pillar.


By [email protected]

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©22thenext500

By asbown
Broken-off root of FB
©peregrinus
See 22 more in the album.

Logged Visits:

Not Logged 24th Mar 2024  15:25  by ltrc

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


Remains 18th Feb 2024  14:20  by DeniseMc

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

No FB, just base of concrete pillar in tumulus with beer cans in grassy pasture near forest edge. Accessible from track to north along fence line. Descend south to road on grassy pasture with vague track.


Remains 7th Aug 2023  00:00  by [email protected]

FB Number: S1596  Condition: Remains  Score: 5/10




Not Logged 28th May 2023  00:00  by Ronaldo333

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

Mynydd Caerau [S1598 D] > Werfa (Mynydd Llangeinwyr) [Llangeinor 11883] > Twyn Crugyrafan (Graig Fawr) [Crug Yr Afan S1596] from GR: SS 92059 95147


Remains 9th Apr 2023  13:00  by 22thenext500

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

Walk from Clydach Vale Country Park via Mynydd William Meyrick to visit this TP so as to truly have visited every TP on the OS 170 Vale of Glamorgan & Rhondda map. Good walk and interesting remains but the burial cairn is in a very bleak setting; albeit not as bad as Werfa opposite.

©22thenext500


Remains 7th Oct 2022  16:50  by peregrinus

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

Trig torso on tumulus, revisit en route to the Concrete ring trig


Remains 25th Feb 2022  14:44  by slateloose

Gridref: SS 92000 95400   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Remains  Score: 5/10

Don't normally go to remains but had just come back from Nant - Hir and Llangeirnor so thought it a shame not to go.


Remains 5th Feb 2022  14:00  by Seth7,CLJ &RLJ

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

Lump of concrete remaining with centre pipe making this trig still recognisable. Sitting in the centre of Crug yr Afan. Parked nearby and had simple 5min walk to top along track. Second today after locating bolt at nearby Craig Ogwr.

Trig remains
View down to road through the mist!


Remains 29th Jan 2022  14:40  by janineharris44

FB Number: S1596  Condition: Remains  Score: 5/10

Parked at lay-by over looking Abergwnfi. Short walk up hill to site of trig around edge of forestry. Lies on top of the Crug Yr Afan Tumulus. Large chunks remain. Small fragment of the FB still attached to trig.

©janineharris44
©janineharris44


Remains 23rd Mar 2021  17:30  by wandering_rjt

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

nly Easy enough to find. Just a concrete block and pipe remaining. No great views. Was in the area so nipped up from lay by, only 5 mins away

Trig
Trig


Remains 16th Jan 2021  12:16  by monkey77

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

another lockdown trig from the house.


Remains 19th Sep 2019  15:20  by asbown

Gridref: SS 92036 95444   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Remains  Score: 5/10

From the road, parked in entrance to the masts.


Remains 19th Sep 2019  15:20  by The reluctant trigger

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


Remains 10th Sep 2019  17:22  by paulxtr

FB Number: S1596  Condition: Remains  Score: 5/10

Parked in track entrance S of remains of pillar. Good view.

Crug Yr Afan ©paulxtr


Remains 24th Jun 2019  12:05  by Biffin

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Remains  Score: 2/10


Remains 24th Jun 2019  12:04  by GrowlerOutdoor

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

Bagged with Biffin and the Boy Wonder on a Western Wales County Top adventure

Pig on Trig ©GrowlerOutdoor


Remains 21st Apr 2017  13:31  by Father Ted

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

Came up here after doing some walking on the ridge south of the main road. Sad to see the trig point in the state it is in.


Remains 3rd Jan 2017  11:15  by jonglew

Gridref: SS 92038 95451   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Remains  Score: 6/10

Sitting in a depression at top of a barrow. Lower section of the pillar partially on its side with rusting central tube protruding. No FB. Views to W limited by conifer plantation, otherwise extensive.

Pillar Remains TP7409©jonglew
Pillar Remains TP7409©jonglew


Remains 25th Jun 2016  09:30  by AsherMarley

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

Asher at remains


Not Logged 30th Apr 2016  17:31  by Robert Kemp

Gridref: SS 92035 95455   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10


Remains 5th Jan 2016  12:20  by Ramblingpaul

Gridref: SS 92042 95455   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Remains  Score: 4/10

Short walk from road on misty day. Not much left !


Remains 18th Mar 2015  13:59  by Funk to Funky

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

Nice enough spot but only half a toppled trig remains.

Oh dear!


Remains 6th Sep 2014  11:10  by Dusty

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

Revisit whilst walking to location of Buried Block to the north.

Remains


Remains 30th Oct 2012  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SS 92046 95456   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Remains  Score: 5/10


Not Logged 21st Oct 2011  12:49  by wood owl

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


Remains 21st Jul 2010  14:30  by Andy West

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


Remains 7th May 2009  09:00  by Dusty

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

Trigpoint


Damaged 19th Sep 2008  14:15  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SS 92030 95450   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Cant add much to earlier logs.Rhayader covers most points. Parking is not good but can either go through barriers at entrance to track that leads to Llaneignor or bin it beyond the white lines like I did. Good views.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn


Remains 5th Apr 2008  12:00  by peregrinus

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

Not much to add; trig on/in bouldery tumulus, composed of stone infilled with concrete; FB has been broken off leaving the metal root embedded in concrete (hence the FB S1596 couldnt be reused - replacement Mynydd Blaen Gwynfi in forest nearby used S1799). Clear weather, so got a few photos. Llangeinor masts just visible beyond trees. Some (rather bizarre) history here: http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm21142

Broken-off root of FB ©peregrinus
S1596 trig ©peregrinus
S1596 trig ©peregrinus
S1596 trig ©peregrinus
S1596 trig ©peregrinus
S1596 and Llangeinor masts ©peregrinus


Damaged 14th Nov 2006  11:30  by rhayader_wanderer

Gridref: SS 92035 95455   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

Found the directions on how to log a new trig with a search on the forum. So as noted on Llangeinor this is a definite new location for this group. The trig is located in the summit area of Twyn Crugyfan a Dewey summit on the opposite side of the road to Llangeinor with a track leading to it opposite the access way to the transmitter station. The trig is located in a hollowed area at the summit and is in similar condition to llangeinor site holes and central tube are still present but the top has been removed and there is no FB visible. Sadly I was at this point running late for a meeting and the weather was too poor for any decent photos however from the moss present I would have to say this has been at this location for some time and has the appearance of being in situ rather than dumped I mused on my llangeinor log as to if this was the original site for that trig however Rod Sladen informs me that Llangeinor was rebuilt on the same site so it would appear that this is totally separate. For typing etc, it was a pillar but more than that would be a guess the grid reference may also be up to 20m out as I have relied on the Dewey summit grid ref as I was without GPS for this part of my walk. Rod has followed this up further and has a detailed brief via an OS contact (not me) of the origins of this location at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm21142 where amongst other things he has learnt that the correct name is that of the mound it rests upon Crug yr Afan rather than the mountain.

Twyn Crugyfan Trig


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