Logged Visits:

18th Feb 2024  22:38  by Ed

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2nd Feb 2023  11:47  by Andrea

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9th Oct 2021  14:00  by sheepsocks

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Easy find. 2.5m diagonally to the right after you've crossed the fence on the S side of the road at the twin posts (one with a marker nail in its top). Odd that they put the rivet in such an inconspicuous bit of rock Maybe easier to set up a theodolite on level ground over it?

13th Jun 2021  14:48  by FrankR

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Easy find thanks to past comments

4th Nov 2020  14:36  by greenbell

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Photos invaluable for spotting - near the long stone. Off to the top to say hello to the North - tips of Ingleborough and P y G as well as the Skipton moors and the top of Ilkley.

30th May 2020  11:57  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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7th Dec 2017  09:02  by jonglew

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Small rock at ground level, grass/moss ect encroaching. OS sketch handy to identify the 2 fence posts with pipe nails inserted.

Rivet - Location TP0152©jonglew
Rivet TP0152©jonglew
Rivet - Detail TP0152©jonglew

17th Jul 2017  09:11  by Ant1974

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24th Aug 2015  00:00  by rupertal

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Rivet and 6 posts bagged

8th Aug 2015  14:04  by Earby Rambler

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I got bus to Silsden walked up via Holden Lane/Silsden Road.Then on to Rombalds Moor for a revisit,also visited the 12 Apostles Stone Circle.Then down into Ilkley for bus home.

Site
Trig
post 1
post 2
post 3
post 4
post 5
post 6

18th Apr 2014  12:10  by Whats the Point

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Easy find on a lovely day. A detour between Romballds Moor and Overgate Croft Farm.

Weston

16th Mar 2014  17:05  by ted

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Another revisit, en-route from Keighley to Ilkley via Rivock Edge.

Whetstone detail
Whetstone site

7th Dec 2013  14:25  by CJO

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just over fence on small rock. there are much larger slabs of rock nearby don,t get sidetracked

Whetstone

4th Oct 2013  19:04  by peregrinus

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Rivet in rock slab, 2m back from fence. S side of road. Easy find in the half light.

6th Jul 2013  12:59  by pendlelill

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easy to find with radar app. (from recent T.UK android update).

rivet ©pendlelill

8th Jun 2013  17:34  by catman

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Found with help of guidance below.Good views for 180 degrees

25th May 2013  17:45  by zephyrus

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Drove up on a wonderful clear day with great views, a sunny bank holiday weekend no less. Bolt not in the most inspiring location (previous comments on rubbish still apply)

Nearby bench & benchmark Mrs Z modelling the bench, benchmark on the stone behind. This is on the other side of the road, a short way down the hill from the bolt

31st Dec 2011  12:35  by ted

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End of year walk over Ilkley Moor

30th Oct 2011  13:02  by bluewhitereg

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Found while geocaching in the area.

26th Sep 2011  20:39  by stonestreaker

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Only done at last as I spend so much time up here anyway- Dark sky site at night and raptor haven by day. There are a total of 6 fence post marker 'bolts' 3 on either side of the road.

post number 1 ©stonestreaker
post number 2 ©stonestreaker
post number 3 ©stonestreaker
post number 4 other side of road ©stonestreaker
post number 5 other side of road ©stonestreaker
post number 6 other side of road ©stonestreaker
...and the actual bolt... ©stonestreaker

3rd Jul 2011  09:00  by Mickandkim

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Easy find as i parked at side of it 6ft over fence to right of boulders

18th Feb 2011  14:00  by 1.1

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Revisit: unable to find the surface block last visit. Located the big headed nail on top of the fence post, Looking over the fence 6ft on the ground slightly to the right. Found it!

10th Feb 2011  15:15  by 1.1

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8th Feb 2011  15:50  by PeteBoggs

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Having read other logs thought this wuold be easy but even a phone call to T'riggers didn't help.Revisit 8/2/13 found it ok

©PeteBoggs
©PeteBoggs

8th Feb 2011  09:31  by painterman61

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First one of the day dead easy find with pole nails in fence,mist just starting to clear of moor.

bolt ©painterman61
Pole nail ©painterman61

18th Nov 2010  19:29  by Triggers

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Easily found on a cold bleak day using bonettis photo

Whetstone ©Triggers

28th Jul 2010  17:30  by trigofthedump

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2nd May 2010  13:30  by SUE-C

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Took an A4 printout of some of the photos on this page. Easy enough to find with this.

2nd May 2010  13:30  by Rachel-C

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31st Jan 2010  12:03  by bonatti

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Had to call in McAlpines Fusiliers, needed a bit of gardening. Good job I took the sketch. Rivet still there, covered it up with soil ~ keep the scrotes off it.

Location ©bonatti

1st Mar 2009  15:00  by MAC.HAWK

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When heading downhill its just before the first bend in the road. On the left, over the fence.

24th Dec 2008  14:30  by splash

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Good views from this site. Could see Emley mast, Holme moss, Stoodley pike, amongst other hills

10th Aug 2008  12:15  by wrose

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I think I found it!!! This being my first Surface Block I wasn't quite sure what I was looking for. Found what I thought it would be at SE 09644 45172 (GPS reading). Parking area not too untidy today only one pile of rotting garden rubbish!

14th Jun 2008  16:00  by Dusty

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Trigpoint

18th Apr 2008  15:36  by agentmancuso

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Easy, even without using sketch. Rain hammering down at this point.

14th Apr 2008  12:10  by asbown

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easy find thanks to the O/S sketch, just a quick look on route from Rivock edge to Rombalds moor trigs,not to much rubbish about at the moment, good views.

bench mark on stone just 50/100 mteres south from surface block.

15th Feb 2008  14:30  by sweeners

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11th Oct 2007  22:51  by rhayader_wanderer

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as Phil

16th Jun 2007  13:35  by Phil Clayton

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Walked down from Rombalds Moor.

2nd Dec 2006  15:12  by dal

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Reasonably easy find, as long as you have the OS sketch.

21st Jul 2006  19:11  by Jaz666

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Took a couple of minutes to locate, been past this a few times this year and didn't realise there was a loggable trig here.

8th Mar 2006  15:46  by maverickapollo

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21st Jan 2006  15:00  by HamsterCaster

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Nice location, shame about the litter. Was surrounded by cans of stella!

17th Jan 2006  10:30  by Mr T. P. Bagger

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Took a few sweeps to locate it. It didn't help that it was almost buried in rabbit droppings! Plenty of rubbish strewn around the site, but then the whole of the road side up to Whetstone Gate seems to be used as a public rubbish dump. It would have scored higher for scenery but for the refuse!

26th Jun 2005  18:50  by Father Ted

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Even as surface blocks go this one is quite unimpressive. The rubbish is back too but the car gone!

24th Apr 2005  11:56  by John Riley

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Those pipe nails sure make it easy to find the surface block. I just followed the fence until I found them then worked from the OS sketch.

Whetstone The surface block.
Whetstone One of the pipe nails.
Whetstone Looking up the road to the wireless station.
Whetstone View North West and pipe nail in post.

18th Dec 2004  11:15  by ted

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Passing by, so another visit. Easy to find, once you know to look for pipe nails on the top of consecutive fence posts. The roadside rubbish has mostly gone but theres a burnt-out car at the boundary gate; a sort of modern variant on a hill-top beacon I suppose.

Whetstone Gate - its still there.

15th May 2004  11:50  by ted

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Located this with the help of the OS sketch. Its the first surface block that I've found, and I'm quite unimpressed! I wonder why do people travel all the way up here to dump their rubbish.

surface block Just over the fence - see OS sketch.
A "p/n" The OS sketch refers to "P/N" on fence posts to help identify the location. Couldn't figure out what this meant and assumed "position noted"; i.e. not an actual feature but more of an OS "we know what we mean". Had I known that it referred to a metal stud in the top of the fence post then the surface block would have been much easier to bag!. Still don't know what "P/N' denotes though. Note added 20 May 2004: its a "pipe nail" - thanks to geobob.
Stone water trough with benchmark A little way down the road from Whetstone Gate; less significant than the surface block but more scenic!

24th May 2000  18:05  by discjirm

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A nice pillar on Ilkley Moor; if you visit try and also visit the Twelve Apostles stone circle nearby.