Logged Visits:

18th Mar 2023  21:10  by MKP

Gridref: SK 82971 87464   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

Not able to get to this one today.

16th Apr 2022  18:23  by WanderingSal

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

Eventually found thanks to previous logs. If you fancy a treasure hunt then it’s about 50 paces along Wood Lane from the western corner of the wood not marked on the OS map East of where the trig should be. Or if not, it’s W3W is diverting.whizzed.pining

16th Apr 2022  18:23  by WanderingSal

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

Eventually found thanks to previous logs. If you fancy a treasure hunt then it’s about 50 paces along Wood Lane from the western corner of the wood not marked on the OS map East of where the trig should be. Or if not, it’s W3W is diverting.whizzed.pining

4th Sep 2021  15:45  by Foxy

FB Number: S5009  Condition: Moved  Score: 6/10

One of six trigs bagged in the Gainsborough area today. Access to this one is down a private lane - local residents were happy for me to visit the site. It is partially hidden from view just inside a small area of woodland. As others have recorded, it appears to have been moved and is now laid on it's side with about half underground. Unable to view spider but otherwise looks in good condition. Just outside the woodland is a pig farm with views towards the industrial area on the Trent embankment.

©Foxy
©Foxy
View from the track adjacent to the woodland. ©Foxy
©Foxy

7th Apr 2021  18:40  by itchy-trigger-finder

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

Drove up to the house 'old barn'to ask for permission. Guy that answered knew about trig and said that he has lived there for 12yrs and people sometimes come to visit. He said he wasnt the landowner so couldn't give permission (landowner lives a few miles away) but that he also didn't mind if I went up to see it. Drove up the track to the woods as per previous entries. Couldn't actually see it from the track as i was driving, so stopped and got out. Turns out I had stopped in exactly the right place, which is approx 20/30 metres after the start of the woods (excluding the brambles before the wood). The trig is on its side a few metres from the edge of the track. Looks in good condition, but couldn't see the top. Itchy.

©itchy-trigger-finder
©itchy-trigger-finder

2nd May 2020  00:00  by dogwalking

Gridref: SK 82900 87400   FB Number: S5009  Condition: Moved  Score: 5/10

1st Jan 2020  12:35  by Rupertal

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Moved  Score: 4/10

31st Aug 2019  14:05  by Earby Rambler

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

Visited with P61, knocked at bungalow no answer it's just in woods at side of track.

Trig
Flush Bracket

31st Aug 2019  14:05  by painterman61

FB Number: S5009  Condition: Moved  Score: 7/10

Walked up on track bonus bm on railway bridge one that's survived nice find

trig ©painterman61
bm on the way up ©painterman61
top ©painterman61
fb ©painterman61

6th Apr 2019  16:45  by Pritch227

FB Number: S5009  Condition: Moved  Score: 7/10

just off the track, great find!

©Pritch227

6th Apr 2019  16:41  by WuzzerL

FB Number: S5009  Condition: Moved  Score: 5/10

©WuzzerL

14th May 2018  13:12  by tasmod G4NQX

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

Obtained permission from nice lady at bungalow nearest trig.

19th Aug 2017  12:55  by eon

FB Number: S5009  Condition: Moved  Score: 6/10

(235) Parked up down Mayflower Close, and then walked the track that takes you to the farm. When I explained what It was I was after visiting, the reply was "Oh, you're another one of those, are you?" :-) Permission was freely given, though I was pre-warned that everything was pretty overgrown. But not to worry, getting to the pillar wasn't too difficult even at this time of the year. An interesting trigpoint in that it's to be found toppled, and partially buried. Luckily the FB side is visible. Pillar history: Built on the 7th of October 1948. Cost and last maintained date not in the archive. Listed as destroyed in July 1968.

First sight ©eon
FB side ©eon
The top of the top. ©eon

2nd Jul 2017  11:20  by Mickandkim

Gridref: SK 82971 87464   FB Number: S5009  Condition: Moved  Score: 5/10

Asked at farm and was given ok easy find just in woods

12th Aug 2016  13:34  by slateloose

Gridref: SK 82900 87400   FB Number: S5009  Condition: Moved  Score: 5/10

Walked up lane from main road and called at Lea Wood farm to ask permission but no one home. Trig still in same location a bit harder to find in the summer.

23rd Feb 2014  12:17  by CJO

Gridref: SK 82969 87454   FB Number: S5009  Condition: Moved  Score: 5/10

Willow Farm. Asked for permission to access as there was Private Property signs everywhere. Found toppled in a small copse.

Lea Wood Farm

4th Nov 2013  08:20  by PeteBoggs

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

Well spotted Brisey !! Nobody around today just a lot of barking dogs

©PeteBoggs
©PeteBoggs

7th Sep 2012  07:41  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S5009  Condition: Moved  Score: 5/10

Good to be back on the trigging trail again and cycling away from home after several weeks out due to injury in an accident. Spoke to one house resident on way up lane. He thought it would be OK to visit when I explained my objective, although not his land, and he knew what I was searching for. The pillar took some searching for. It is alongside the track about 60 paces from the corner of the wood. It is almost at 90 degrees to the track with the top almost buried so it is very hard to spot through the vegetation. There are some views West across the Trent Valley, but areas of woodland block any in other directions.Besides two private signs passed on the way up, a gate had been shut across the acess with an even larger sign on heading back. However, a tractor and trailer was coming the other way and I received a friendly wave for opening it for him.

26th Nov 2011  08:12  by wrose

Gridref: SK 82962 87453   FB Number: S5009  Condition: Toppled  Score: 4/10

A joint visit with Carole. We parked at the farm drive entrance and walked unchallenged to the pillar location. A shame what has befallen it but hey it's there still for us nerds to visit.

S5009 Lea Wood Farm Pillar.
S5009 Lea Wood Farm Flush Bracket.

26th Nov 2011  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SK 82963 87457   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

Poor thing. May soon be covered with undergrowth.

11th Mar 2011  12:00  by iainmac

Gridref: SK 82960 87450   FB Number: S5009  Condition: Toppled  Score: 7/10

S5009
S5009
S5009

17th Oct 2009  15:24  by ted

FB Number: S5009  Condition: Moved  Score: 5/10

Just off track inside wood but not easy to see. Large foundation block still attached. Moss encroaching.

Lea Wood Farm trig
Lea Wood Farm trig
Lea Wood Farm FB

25th Aug 2008  12:20  by asbown

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled  Score: 4/10

asked at lea farm and got the ok, only just visable from the track this time of year.

17th Sep 2007  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S5009  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc, no cap or plug, lying in edge of wood 55m from its W end, not visible from track in summer. Another great find Brisey ! No sign of machinery - works affecting track apparently finished.

28th May 2007  18:57  by Angelina Ballerina

FB Number: S5009  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

28th May 2007  09:32  by mattwaggie

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

Found this trig with Vix & Co. She was on the ball having read the previous finders comments.

28th May 2007  00:00  by vix92008

FB Number: S5009  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

Thanks to brisey for the tip where this one was.

3rd Jan 2007  14:19  by Brisey

Gridref: SK 82971 87464   FB Number: S5009  Condition: Toppled  Score: 7/10

Having taken a picture of the spot in the field where this pillar used to stand, I was walking back along the track when I noticed the dumped pillar just inside Lea Wood! It lies with the flush bracket exposed, but soil covers the top so I didn't see the spider or plug. There was a lot of work going on both near the farm and by the track leading up past Warren Wood, apparently for a pipeline, but I guess there will still be a way up to the farm and another house. The GR is for the location of the dumped pillar.

TP4382 former location West Burton power station in the distance.
Dumped TP4382
Dumped TP4382
S5009

16th Mar 2005  10:55  by Lathama

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 3/10

Approached from the village of Lea over the railway. No pillar but some lapwings in the field which was nice to see. Like the previous visitor says, probably removed for ease of farming!

9th Feb 2005  13:20  by HEATHENS

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

Appears removed for the benefit of agriculture. Since visit noted as destroyed on Trigonomy list, number noted as S5009.