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20th Apr 2024  07:03  by Ande1865

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

5th Jan 2023  17:47  by Trigobsession

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

An extra point for it being the first I have seen in this state.

17th Nov 2022  11:21  by MylesM

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

Found at the second time of asking and even then a devil to find and yes I initially walked past it! Eventually located following the good advice left by a previous blogger to pace out from the telegraph pole. Pruning required! Awarded higher mark because although damaged a 'topless' pillar is rare.

Ashe Warren a right challenge to find!
Poor thing has lost its head.

2nd Apr 2022  12:19  by Trigger monster

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

As others, from T junction north of Deane, walk up farm track. Model flying club on right by gate. Took no notice of me. Carry on due north across open field towards telegraph pole and dead tree at end of hedge line. Turn left and follow hedge line on west side heading north. About 90 - 100 paces later on the right, the pillar is in the hedge row. Thinner vegetation at this point at the time but probably be overgrown in a few weeks. Top has been cleanly sliced off. Oh dear. Good views towards west from hedge line, extra point for that.

Ashe Warren Flush plate
Ashe Warren In the hedge
Ashe Warren Field edge showing thinner vegetation at position of pillar

19th Nov 2020  08:43  by TrigJS

Gridref: SU 54622 51771   FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Top of the pillar is no longer attached and is located on the ground by the flush bracket. Pillar is hidden in a hedge. Parked to the south and walked to the pillar along the field edges.

TP0898 The pillar.
TP0898 The spider.
TP0898 The flush bracket.

23rd Jul 2020  11:20  by Nekyram

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Parked as others by the road junction. From gate follow the track to corner of field, then followed the tractor lines straight across to hedge line .trig easily spotted.met the friendly farmer on the way back.all ok. This completes the landranger map 185.

10th Mar 2019  14:40  by 1473

Gridref: SU 54627 51771   FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

30th Mar 2017  13:20  by Ted Mariner

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

As described by previous visitors. Still easy to find after a rapid trespass across the fields. Such a shame it hasn't been repaired and resited.

15th Feb 2017  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SU 54623 51776   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

4th Jul 2016  11:45  by G1ANQ

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Sad decapitated TP. Rather easy to find as it is by a gap in the hedge row/ linear wood.

With my bike in the back

22nd May 2015  12:13  by Colin Wood

Gridref: SU 54600 51700   FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 2/10

oh Dear, a sorry sight! A decapitated trig pillar - never seen that before. The top section with the metal cap intact and indented lettering is lying nearby, exposing the vertical hole going down to the base of the pillar. All sight holes are clear. Had to kneel amongst the weeds to see the flush bracket (faces west). Walked up from the road junction to the south, about 13mins walk, keeping to the L of the hedgerows, except where you walk across the field along the track. Pillar is in the hedgerow, but visible with access from the west side.

decapitated pillar!

1st Mar 2015  16:05  by dal

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Approached from S. No change to condition - decapitated top of pillar (with intact cap) to the side of the pillar. Pillar still reasonably clear in the thicket.

16th Nov 2014  14:27  by 21qazxsw

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

We parked to the S of the trig, opposite the junction with the minor road that leads S to Deane. I.e. we parked on the N side of Harrow Way, just before the metal gate that leads into the field. Members of the Basingstoke Model Aero Club were flying their model aircrafts in the field. The field was very muddy and the soil was clayey, which stuck to our boots and was a real problem getting it off later on. Very messy business. We took the route as marked, see pic attached. No crops in the fields at this time of the year. If the farmer is not present, you could cut across the field along the tractor tracks if you wish (yellow dotted line). The trig is on the W side of the very wide very thorny 'hedge' that runs N-S. There are narrow cut-throughs across the 'hedge' (from E side to W side), the trig is accessible from one of these cut-throughs, a few metres into the 'hedge' (see pic attached). The area around the trig had been cleared by a previous visitor, hence we were able to get to it. Did some tidying up of the very thorny branches around the trig with my secateurs just to make the trig look like it is in a bit less of a sorry state. I imagine that this would be a difficult find in the summer. Decapitated - the head of the trig lies on the ground next to the trig. Original metal cap with indented lettering. FB faces W.

W side of 'hedge', facing N
Decapitated trig
the route to the trig

23rd Aug 2014  12:26  by plet56

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

20th Jan 2014  12:27  by jonglew

Gridref: SU 54626 51771   FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Parking to South at road junction. Short 3/4 mile walk (trespass) to trig, expected muddy fields to cross but farm tracks all the way. Arable fields, planted with neeps, either side of very wide hedgerow. Pillar was buried in thorn, spent some time cutting it free. As reported, very badly damaged - decapitated! Accessed top section and turned it to reveal original cap in place, deeply indented lettering. All sight holes open.

Pillar - Before Gardening TP0898©jonglew
Pillar - After Gardening TP0898©jonglew
Spider TP0898©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP0898©jonglew

3rd Dec 2013  13:30  by Wubbleyew

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Decapitated pillar with the top piece nearby with face down so it's not possible to see whether its cap is still in place. The remaining standing block has its FB number intact, and all four sight holes are open - discovered this with some difficulty (forgot my secateurs which are a must for future visitors.) The pillar is a few paces into the 'hedge' on the west side, more easily spotted walking up from the south. Also, disappointed to see that the Deane Gate Inn has closed: this was a stopping point for the stagecoach, and Jane & Cassandra Austen with maybe a brother or two, would walk down from Steventon to collect the post. Yet another historic pub lost - changing times indeed.

13th Nov 2013  19:27  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Followed the same route as Glaslyn.I agree with his comments.A muddy tramp across new crop in field, but surprised to find so easily in "wood".

17th Oct 2010  18:20  by bluebeard

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

The TP is now in the middle of a 20 yard wide buckthorn hedge. There are cut throughs in the hedge at regular intervals and one of these passes a couple of yards from the TP. I also think that the damage is such that it is most likely the result of a deliberate act.

12th Oct 2009  11:18  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SU 54620 51760   FB Number: S7692  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

The pillar has had the top 8" taken clean off. Does not look like a hedge trimmer as the blackthorn is as thick as ever. Suggest it could be deliberate by farmer? Access from the South opposite junction to Deane. Follow track, then field edge NE to pick up another track from Stubbs coppice that leads to the pillar which is behind maize cover for pheasants.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

25th Nov 2007  16:33  by Clanfield Rambler

Gridref: SU 54621 51770   FB Number: S7692  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

In wide blackthorn hedge, could not see if plug was still there as did not want to be scratched to death by blackthorn. Hundreds of pheasants as we walked back.

©Clanfield Rambler
©Clanfield Rambler

27th Sep 2006  19:30  by Trigger

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

20th Aug 2006  15:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

We parked at the end of White Lane (with some difficulty) to the north-east. There is a track that goes all the way to the hedgeline with the trig in it. The trig is to the west of the hedge, and fortunately the FB faces west. I didn't risk getting scratched to death checking out the plug.

12th Dec 2005  15:02  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parking possible on the road that joins the T then a long skirt of hedges or follow tractor lines to the trig. Very well embedded into hedge that is almost wide enough to qualify as two lines on the map.

26th Feb 2005  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

vgc, metal cap, apparently wide raised letters, trig just visible near W edge of v dense wide blackthorn hedge

Montaged by JWR ©peregrinus

5th Feb 2005  15:15  by Managra

FB Number: S7692  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

This is trespassy as it's well off the footpath. The OS map shows a field line but it's actually a 2m wide hedge. The trig is nestling in the middle of very dense undergrowth on the east side of the hedge. Saw two deer and millions of pheasants. Good condition and lovely views. Metal plug with heavily indented lettering.

Trig point
Flush bracket