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This trigpoint:
Is ranked joint 18613th with 8 other trigs (more).
Has a mean score of 4.24/10 (from 29 logged visits)
Was First logged: 12th Oct 2005
Was Last found intact: 24th Apr 2016
Was Last logged: 26th May 2023
Of the 29 logged visits,
10 recorded a location and of these....
All were within 16m
The average error was 5m
2 were exact
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Selection of photos for this Surface Block. By TrigJS By TrigJS By CJO By CJO By pkbathrooms By Trigger See 25 more in the album. |
26th May 2023 17:44 by TrigJS
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Couldn't find it Score: 5/10
Couldn’t find the block. It’s probably still there but in the seven years since the last log the hedge has grown massively probably now covering the block. In addition the road sign has been changed and may not be in the same location making measuring offsets difficult.
TP0297 Search area.
TP0297 New road sign.
24th Apr 2016 20:56 by peregrinus
Gridref: SU 05914 84575 FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 5/10
Berntsen 6.3m SE of the SB, 4.2m from telecom manhole cover. found at dusk. NB is this really a passive? Seems to be a chance find from 2006, perhaps put in by a non OS surveyor? See also CJO log re non standard bolt. PS my Berntsen is 6.3m SE of the SB, i.e. a different one from dal's - there are (at least) 2 Berntsens.
24th Apr 2016 20:53 by peregrinus
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 5/10
1" bolt in block, 6.5m from road sign as per os sketch, 4.2m from road kerb. found at dusk
30th Aug 2015 12:27 by CJO
Gridref: SU 05911 84563 FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 5/10
Open - hedge encroaching. Pruned before departure. Has an odd "bolt" inside which we haven't seen before. Cleaned out and reset lid.
Ballards Ash 2 the all important bolt/rivet
30th Aug 2015 12:23 by CJO
Gridref: SU 05914 84555 FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 5/10
1" bolt. Open - but hedge encroaching. Pruned before departure.
9th Aug 2015 14:45 by Wubbleyew
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 2/10
Thanks to recent trigpointing 'excavations' this was an easy find.
15th Jul 2015 16:24 by Pir8sOld&New
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 7/10
Due to the hard work of Dusty and PKB, while popping into Wootton Bassett today (To go to Sainsburys and get my geocache for the calendar), managed to on the return journey to stop in the nearby pull in gateway to park up. (40 minutes before they snack trailer and cars were still here and gate open!) Walked back from gateway to the two trigs here and second one was this one. After seeing the Berntsen continued on and found the cleared area and already the wildlife is growing back but bolt clearly visible between earth.
15th Jul 2015 16:23 by Pir8sOld&New
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 8/10
Due to the hard work of Dusty and PKB, while popping into Wootton Bassett today (To go to Sainsburys and get my geocache for the calendar), managed to on the return journey to stop in the nearby pull in gateway to park up. (40 minutes before they snack trailer and cars were still here and gate open!) Walked back from gateway to the two trigs here and first one was this one. First time seen a Berntsen and already the wildlife is growing back but lid seen and secure.
26th Jun 2015 17:40 by Dusty
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 5/10
Found with pkb.
26th Jun 2015 17:35 by Dusty
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 5/10
Found with the help of pkb. Not the best time of year as vegetation lush.
24th Aug 2014 17:00 by pkbathrooms
Gridref: SU 05915 84559 FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 7/10
parked at the junction and tried to locate using photos. lost of ground looked like it could be the area. it was until we got home and Dusty told us there is actually a plan that we can download off this page to locate the trig. you learn something new everyday! when we are back in the area we will find you........(note to pkb - the plan has been printed off ready) revisit 26/05/15 17.38hrs and found it. we were definitely near it the last time we came, but hey, we found it this time.
5th Dec 2013 15:15 by bluebeard
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 1/10
used previous measurements and prodded!
15th Jul 2013 19:35 by edfielden
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Couldn't find it Score: 2/10
Approximate time. Solid ground made finding this impossible! Further details to follow...
15th Jul 2013 19:35 by edfielden
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Couldn't find it Score: 2/10
Approximate time. Solid ground made finding this impossible! Further details to follow...
3rd Mar 2013 11:01 by jonglew
Gridref: SU 05913 84565 FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 4/10
Spent some time with a metal prod trying to locate, but failed. Re-visited 25 Sep 2013 with OS sketch and found it ok, also the Berntsen. Block (and Berntsen) closer to hedge than I thought, probably due to hedge thickening up over time. Block needed digging out again. ***NB. The Berntsen has been accepted as not OS and has been deleted from T:UK; it had been TP7883 - Ballards Ash 2
Surface Block TP0297 - Showing position wrt road sign©jonglew
Surface Block TP0297©jonglew
Surface Block - Detail TP0297©jonglew
3rd Jun 2012 09:20 by Mickandkim
Gridref: SU 05915 84559 FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 3/10
Easy find after following Dals measuring
8th Apr 2012 19:24 by g4wsb
Gridref: SU 05909 84567 FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 5/10
Looked good with cover.
20th Nov 2011 14:40 by dal
Gridref: SU 05911 84564 FB Number: Not logged Condition: Slightly damaged Score: 5/10
On a previous visit I had found the Bolt, so I thought I'd come and try for the Berntsen again. I prodded all over the place to no avail, and I was walking away when success, I stumbled across it. I measured it up, it is 6.3m NW from the Bolt, and 5.1m from the road sign. It is on the surface, so there is no need to prod. Top still unscrewed and liftable - hence Slightly damaged. I have tried to estimate the grid ref, relative to the other Passive station, using the distance and the photo, based on the direction the road takes. Most of the visits to Ballards Ash have found one or the other; I think there is only one log of both, but no details of the relative position.
The Berntsen
The Berntsen open
Relative position This end of the tape is on the Bolt, the far end on the Berntsen
5th Apr 2010 17:08 by g4wsb
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 5/10
15th Sep 2008 18:02 by Griefmiester
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 5/10
Surface Block - located on road junction, supprisingly not over grown this time of year - no such luck with the nearby Bernsten, not found
14th Jul 2008 15:20 by tom
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 2/10
Surface block located on the grass verge next to a road junction. Found at my second attempt of the day. I had been looking around the disturbed earth of someone else’s trench without any success. I was about to give up and leave when it was uncovered surprisingly easily by a lucky toe poke much closer to the hedge than I expected. Nothing of note in the vicinity; a couple of nearby fields and the adjacent roads are all that are visible from the site.
16th Jun 2008 19:00 by Trigger
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 5/10
Revisit 4 Jan 2012 (photos)
27th Sep 2007 12:10 by bluebeard
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Couldn't find it Score: 1/10
i didn't have my grass cutters or my metal detector with me so passed on after a quick toe poke in the vegetation.
18th Jul 2007 17:02 by dal
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 4/10
Followed the OS plan, and found the surface block, rather than the Berntsen. Buried a bit, but found with my tent peg. Grass rather long at this time of year.
14th May 2006 14:00 by Lydford Locators
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 3/10
Found surface block (N51 33.593 W001 54.964), didn't realise that there was anything else to find! Although grass is growing well, the block is clear now and fairly easy to find.
Ballard's Ash surface block ©Lydford Locators
26th Mar 2006 11:12 by Glaslyn
Gridref: SU 05915 84558 FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 5/10
Cover is not screwed down ,full of water but above ground and easy find.(Didnt find Crazy L200 s Surface Block ,could do with it being added to Database if he has any details)
10th Mar 2006 20:33 by macroderma
Gridref: SU 05912 84566 FB Number: Not logged Condition: Slightly damaged Score: 5/10
Lid screw missing and cover can be removed [I put it back]
10th Feb 2006 10:15 by CrazyL200
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Good Score: 5/10
Found both a surface block and a fbm. See photos.
Surface block ©CrazyL200
FBM ©CrazyL200
12th Oct 2005 17:30 by rhayader_wanderer
FB Number: Not logged Condition: Couldn't find it Score: 2/10
Tape too short all the features are still present to measure up from but it is now a (sub)surface block