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14th Aug 2024  00:00  by Llondon

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24th Jan 2023  12:20  by amblerbob

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Whilst visiting Dere Street and Brusselton Hill tops on a pleasant winter's day.

Royal Oak Nice copse

14th Mar 2022  10:19  by Duncan68

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©Duncan68

2nd Oct 2021  00:00  by Ronaldo333

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2nd May 2021  09:25  by painterman61

FB Number: NONE  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 5/10

Easy bag passing by a tump summit trig long gone.

Top area ©painterman61

17th Sep 2019  10:30  by rupertal

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28th Apr 2019  14:28  by jonglew

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Managed woodland pasture. No sign of the pillar tucked away anywhere.

Where it once was TP0696 ©jonglew

18th Jun 2018  17:07  by tigger4242

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8th Oct 2017  00:00  by dogwalking

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gone

10th Jun 2017  17:24  by Ant1974

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7th Jan 2017  16:00  by ger

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Very sad - no trace of pillar - had a look round, especially field boundaries, but nothing. Visited the Tump summit.

3rd Aug 2015  16:42  by Triggers

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trees getting bigger

27th Jun 2015  07:52  by Particle

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9th Nov 2014  15:02  by Aye Jimmy

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Saplings coming along nicely! Got a hill tick though. Road roller hard at it with some nearby construction work.

15th Feb 2014  13:51  by Analoguesat

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Long gone, but the saplings make this windswept spot reasonably pleasant. Just round the corner from Brussleton mast

5th Jul 2013  14:50  by PeteBoggs

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Found right spot with gps but nothing to see but saplings

©PeteBoggs

22nd Apr 2012  15:30  by CJO

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Trees growing well, although demonstrate the prevailing wind direction.

4th Apr 2011  15:18  by Border Peat

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Same route as Wrose S2997©Border Peat

2nd Oct 2010  13:20  by wrose

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One for the stats I am afraid to say. But as I was going from the pillar at Toy Top to the one at Eldon Hall Farm and had stopped here to get the cache GC1C0AR I could not stop myself going to have a look. All I can now do is confirm that the pillar is long gone and that the whole area is now just nice plantation of young saplings. I gained access by using the footpath to the north and entered the area by means of a stile.

2997 Royal Oak Well this is where it used to be.
2997 Royal Oak This is what is here now.

13th Feb 2010  12:50  by ted

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New plantation, little evidence of former quarry; no trig :(

Royal Oak site

19th Nov 2009  13:15  by Dusty

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Location

29th Nov 2008  12:00  by Bergfuehrer

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County Durham. The saplings are growing and this will be a pleasant spot again before too long as signs of quarrying disappear. Only my second log at exactly midday, unlike a couple of well known website members! However, I like to be accurate as it makes more sense for lighting and conditions, especially when photographs are uploaded.

29th Nov 2008  12:00  by Late starter

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Visited bang on midday...so nice to be able to emulate some of the big boys on this site! Pillar lost to new planting. Great to see (through binoculars) and hear a steam train in the distance at the Railway Museum at Shildon.

22nd Apr 2007  18:45  by senrabyar

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Saplings are now growing !

9th Oct 2006  14:00  by Father Ted

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Its amazing how fast that hole got filled in with rubbish - it makes one realise how much we all generate! The landfill is now capped and landscaped. I hopped over the fence and stood on the spot where the trig used to surrounded by saplings.

The hole has gone as well s the trig point!

17th May 2005  11:30  by Bridgeman

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Just happened to stop here for elevenses and took a short walk to find trig point. It is now a reclaimed land fill site.

7th Jun 2004  18:00  by fasgadh

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Its gone.. There is an enormous hole - open cast mining. Site of trig seems beyond the end of the chasm.. You will need "Toon Physics" to visit it. No sign of the hole being filled, they are still digging. It looks like a quick dig and grab, there are temporary lights on the road where the dumper trucks cross.

Royal Oak Uhoh.. somethings wrong
Royal Oak The site..... It was above this hole.
Royal Oak Another view of the site. The pillar is around somewhere for safekeeping...
Royal Oak Looking towards where the pillar was in May.

4th May 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: 2997  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

Its now lying on its side on the edge of a very big hole in the ground. In good condition though. Having dug this big hole they now appear to be filling it in - I wonder if they are then going to replace the trig. 23/04/2005 Corrected fb number from S2997 to 2997

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25th May 2003  07:56  by Fellwanderer

FB Number: S2997  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

Looks like it may disappear before long with the amount of work going on around it!

17th Nov 2002  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: _2997  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

vgc, area has been regraded but TP untouched (I got there just in time….)

19th Mar 1999  00:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: 2997  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Tarmac plug. It stood on a patch of grassy meadow, was upright, and a shabby white.

18th Feb 1998  14:08  by jimmy

FB Number: 2997  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

this trig was fine when I visited and agauin on 10 Jan 2000--I didn't know it had been destroyed.