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20th Feb 2023  09:53  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: S6934  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 5/10

Parked on the grass at the fork in the road up to the farm. Knocked on the door at the house but no answer. Like Mark-UKUS easy walk up the lane and hop over the gate.

12th Feb 2023  13:12  by Mark-UKUS

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

Planned to bag this one whilst my wife visited the plant nursery but they were closed so we both wandered off down the farm track. Knocked on the farmhouse door, and we could see someone through the kitchen window, but no one answered and a quick look around the back proved fruitless to get permission. Hope we didn't worry an elderly resident. Anyhow, we weren't told no, so carried on to the reservoir gate. An easy hop over and a stroll around the access points was sufficient to cover the long lost location of the pillar. Nice views, especially of the Northern Pennines.

©Mark-UKUS

2nd May 2019  15:11  by jonglew

Gridref: NY 38414 52341   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Converted  Score: 5/10

Wandered in from the E, grass verge parking. Resr is low security providing easy access, met farmers herding cows down the lane on the way out - they were not impressed. Trig is a tricky one to reconcile as the pillar and bolt have identical GRs provided by the OS, down to 2 decimal places, yet the existing 1" dia bolt bears no relation to either the lower or upper bolt in a pillar. In addition very unlikely a pillar would have been installed on the raised concrete area which is currently populated with vent covers. The bolt is clearly OS, but the GRs provide a conundrum.

Vent covers with possible pillar base in foreground TP1711©jonglew
Bolt TP1711©jonglew
Bolt - Detail TP1711©jonglew
Possible pillar base, but if so why same GR as the bolt TP1711©jonglew

30th Mar 2018  13:45  by ted

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Converted  Score: 7/10

The footpath is odd. At the N end, the map appears to indicate that it goes through someone's garden. Easier to take the field gate then follow the hedge down. Midway theres a maintained stile with a footpath sign. Detouring slightly off the path, through a gateway leads to the reservoir perimeter. The scratchy hedge flanked by a fence on each side was a bit tricky. Bolt between hatch covers on top of the reservoir easily located. The adjacent concrete just looks like concrete to me; don't think its trig-related.

Brownelson bolt
Brownelson site
Brownelson site

10th Dec 2017  13:15  by peregrinus

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

1" bolt on concrete access chamber between covers, IS state Pillar dest 07/60, changed to bolt 1966. Same coordinates for both. Concrete exposed beside SW corner of chamber looks quite trig pillar like, might be worth excavating although seems unlikely there would be sufficient soil depth for a toppled pillar

bolt
bolt between covers bolt in foreground
©peregrinus
toppled pillar?
access chamber trig bolt on top, ?toppled pillar in front?

8th Jun 2017  13:45  by Moacky

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

Gained access to the covered reservoir. The GPS indicated some form of hatch, from which emanated the sound of moving water. Took some photos and returned from whence I came.

©Moacky
©Moacky

15th Sep 2012  14:23  by Border Peat

Gridref: NY 38414 52338   FB Number: S6934  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 0/10

7th Jul 2012  16:00  by CJO

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

Some reservoir buildings but not trig.

Brownelson

12th Jun 2012  19:29  by PeteBoggs

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

Decided to go searching for this even though I knew it had been missing since 1960 - there must be more to life!

21st Jul 2007  11:30  by chrisbombington

Gridref: NY 38414 52338   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 0/10

Parked at garden centre had a quick look round nothing

view from car park !

17th May 2004  19:30  by fasgadh

FB Number: S6934  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 2/10

Missing since 1960. On a reservoir, had a look but no sign of it. Followed a long farm access road, goml signed, even though a footpath terminates on it. This is a particularly annoying goml tactic, abusing an ambiguity in RoW classification , and is now becoming very common.At the junction of the footpath and road there was a police car parked up.

Brownnelson The reservoir