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14th Sep 2023  12:43  by paulxtr

FB Number: NO FB  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Parked at sign for path to Girvan ESE of pillar. Passed through a couple of deer fence gates en route. Original cap still present. Fine view.

Auchensoul ©paulxtr

6th Mar 2021  12:30  by Ocram

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Accessed en route from Barr-Girvan path. Great views at summit of Alisa Craig, Penwhapple, Haggis Hill and Craiginreoch. Built without Flush Bracket.

7th Sep 2019  14:56  by agentmancuso

FB Number: NO FB  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

P hardstanding just in gate at Tam's Rest to NE, via Kirkland Hill. Benchmark rivet on trig base, straight back down.

Auchensoul
Auchensoul Altitude Rivet

5th Jun 2016  11:10  by RichardM

Gridref: NX 26391 94548   FB Number: NO FB  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Waymarked path over pasture from Barr. Outcrop of boulder conglomerate on S side of summit. View dominated by wind farm to the NW, coast just discernable in the distant haze.

4th Jun 2016  16:27  by DeniseMc

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

9th Feb 2015  19:38  by Robert Phillips

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

1st Jun 2014  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NX 26392 94543   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked in lay-by to NE @ NX269951 (spot height 161) and up fence line

12th Jul 2013  14:00  by Chalky

FB Number: NO FB  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Built without FB. Spider centre cap with raised lettering.

26th Mar 2011  16:34  by coinea

Gridref: NX 26393 94543   FB Number: NO FB  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

26th Mar 2011  16:33  by clochandighter

Gridref: NX 26392 94543   FB Number: NOFB  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

HISTORY: Pillar completed 9th July 1954 costing £35.2s.6d. Computed as secondary station NX29/1 within the Girvan block during 1955. Levelled for height value to pillar top in 1959. Last maintained by the OS in June 1985. SITE VISIT: Spider retains OS centre cap with raised large Pillar in good condition. narrow letters. Built without flush bracket. One sight hole open facing 117° ESE. Cracking views to Ailsa Craig and, Kintyre and Goat Fell.

NoFB - Auchensoul & GRP
NoFB - Auchensoul pillar showing all four faces

7th Oct 2007  07:15  by peregrinus

FB Number: N/A  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Built without FB, vgc, metal cap, wide raised letters. Network of fine cracking just discernable. Pasture, nice summit, outcrops, mist, no view. From SSE, path is good although easy to miss at first - where it keeps to S edge of pasture.

Auchensoul trig ©peregrinus
Auchensoul trig ©peregrinus
Auchensoul top ©peregrinus