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20th May 2023  13:29  by fitzydan

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Great views from here today and grand weather

The Trigpoint

27th Apr 2023  11:00  by Bridgeman

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Parked at Kirkby Stephen Station and caught train to Garsdale for walk back. Thanks to Earby Rambler, found the excellent ATV track which leads up over Bubble Hill from SD801944 then all the way to the summit of Ure Head.

Sails concrete Ring. ©Bridgeman

12th Feb 2023  11:30  by BasilDowl

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A quick revisit for me whilst locating the source of the River Ure slightly to the north-west as I embarked on The Yoredale Way. I didn't bother baling out the small amount of water or the plant debris, but it looks to still be in fine, intact condition next to the small summit cairn. Wonderful views in every direction, but particularly to Wild Boar and Swarth Fells.

Cairns From the western flank of Lunds Fell approaching the summit
The summit
Concrete ring with bolt

14th Dec 2021  14:40  by CJO

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Conical bolt. Dug out surrounding moss and grass. Located by small cairn. Very windy and misty and wet underfoot.

As found
As left
Has patina

18th Sep 2021  13:28  by Earby Rambler

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Revisit whilst on way down from High Seat.

Site

18th Sep 2021  09:48  by Earby Rambler

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Revisit whilst on way up to High Seat.

Concrete Ring

11th Sep 2021  12:45  by Earby Rambler

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I walked up from Garsdale Station after alighting the 09.59 Skipton to Carlisle train. I took the Pennine Bridleway from the Moorcock Inn up to High Dyke then followed fence line up to Bubble Hill then across to Sails on excellent ATV tracks all the way to the summit. The weather was great for walking in just a bit of drizzle here and there, nothing worth putting jacket on for though, no views from summit today but I am still giving it a 10. A couple of pints in the Moorcock Inn & a visit to the Flush Bracket today for photo thanks to the Landlady & staff before my train back to Skipton was a good end to the day.

Approach
Site
Concrete Ring
Bolt
Panoramic

3rd Apr 2021  10:50  by peregrinus

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1m W of cairn, exposed and easily found. From NW, The Thrang (bonus cut BM), then (0h51) to Sails

1m W of cairn

21st Jul 2019  12:34  by Ant1974

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16th Feb 2019  13:54  by greenbell

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First concrete ring, surprising how many there are round here. Quite a fierce wind and forgot my hat...never mind. Surely one of the most beautiful places in the country. Start at Garsdale Head, boots blessed with the head waters of the Ure and the Eden. Decided to leave High Seat for another venture - good job as we got back in the dark after wandering round the mighty cairns.

13th May 2018  13:54  by Sprog

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6th Oct 2017  13:26  by jonglew

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1hr 15 from High Seat. Tell-tale water-filled depression in the ground approx half a metre from the cairn. Should have brought my spade with me. Had to dig this one out by hand, and bail out the water.

Hole in the ground TP7493©jonglew
Best I could do by hand TP7493©jonglew

8th Oct 2016  11:02  by stignest

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An hour 20 from High Seat. Scarth of Scaiths is certainly the worst bit but the rest was straightforward and clear. This ring somewhat more overgrown. I had nothing with me to clear it either but it looks to be in good nick right by the cairn. Slog to High Way was pretty unpleasant but a good quadbike track met once I arrived at the Washer Gill ravine.

27th Aug 2016  10:30  by DanTrig

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10 mile walk bagging Lunds Fell and Hugh Seat (the last two Dales mountains we needed) and re-bagging Gregory Chapel and High Seat, walked across some hideous bog probably the source of the Ure and went up to the cairn on Sails so must have seen the concrete ring.

15th Aug 2015  00:00  by rupertal

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2nd Apr 2015  16:04  by Morecambe Monkey

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Nipped over to this after doing the Nuttalls of High Seat/Archy Styrigg/Hugh Seat/Little Fell. Concrete ring next to cairn easily found. Good viewpoint for Yorkshire 3 Peaks.

18th Jan 2014  11:20  by BasilDowl

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Retrospective log; bagged the summit of Sails, noted the circular depression with submerged concrete ring at the time, but thought little of it. A return needed to bail it out and photograph properly. Miserably awful day bagging the Mallerstang skyline... only a pint in Hawes saved my spirits.

The ring next to the cairn on Sails

17th Nov 2013  00:00  by Ronaldo333

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31st Aug 2013  14:48  by Do you Always Get Lost

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Wondered what this was when I bagged the fells of Mallerstang Edge

1st Aug 2013  13:57  by Aye Jimmy

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Concrete ring full of water, about half a metre from cairn.

Sails Ring trig next to cairn.
Sails Concrete ring full of water but bolt visible.

27th Feb 2013  11:25  by PeteBoggs

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Up from B6270 so I could revisit High Seat to try to find ring there this time.Fantastic blue sky day today - the ring was buried under an inch of snow covering two inches of ice.Had to use one of the large stones from the cairn to break through

©PeteBoggs
©PeteBoggs

14th Aug 2012  13:15  by RogerTempleman

Gridref: SD 80826 96570   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Walked from Garsdale Station via Moorcock Inn, Blades, High Dyke, Keld Gill, Bubble Hill to Sails. Return via High Seat, Lady's Pillar, to Old Track at Fell Side, along track to High Dyke then retracing steps back to the station. As this is my first concrete ring, I thought I would do a bit of excavation for photo and to measure its components. The exposed part of the bolt with its cente hole had a diameter 5.5cm, the internal diameter of the concrete ring is 38.5cm and outside diameter 53cm.

The concrete ring exposed
Closeup of bolt at centre of ring

28th Mar 2012  12:30  by painterman61

Gridref: SD 80824 96567   FB Number: NONE  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

Walked up on a reverse nuttall route up lady anne way to hell gill bridge then up across moor towards little fell, very dry underfoot for this type of walking.The ring is on the highest point and has a little marker cairn and post bone dry no water in ring great 360 views here.Went on to do all the four nuttalls on the ridge.

dry ring ©painterman61
little fell ©painterman61
cairn/ring ©painterman61
techno ©painterman61
Hugh seat cairn ©painterman61

27th Sep 2011  13:30  by Ilkleytrigger

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Hard to find the base by the small cairn. Good views from top after ascent from Hell Gill bridge, wet underfoot.

3rd Mar 2011  14:32  by peebs

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©peebs

12th Feb 2011  15:00  by sheepsocks

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bagged as part of 15km circular walk from Outhgill to High Seat, along the ridge to Sails and then back to Outhgill via Hell Gill Bridge, taking 4h40m. Worst bit was the saddle between Little Fell and Sails...a wet maze of peat hags. Descent off Sails was fine with beautiful view across to the Wild Boar Fell ridge. Ring trig easily found beside its marker cairn and near to a post. NB SD 8080096600 isnt the trigs position... thats just the name of the trig. See logs for actual position

20th Jun 2010  14:24  by bigtykedog

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Found the ring in the ground next to cairn marker.

24th Apr 2010  11:28  by Lonewalker

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Walked in along Mallerstang ridge, from High Pike Hill, bagging all the summits along the way. Dry and warm and great views of Wild Boar Fell and descent would normally be pretty awful down to Hell Gill Bridge - but not too bad today - mostly dry. Ring of trig is grass covered and could do with excavating, but had no trowel or tools to do it.

8th Aug 2009  14:00  by Father Ted

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Thanks Ted for finding and uplading this one. I came across from Little Fell to take a look and then headed down over rough rutted ground to the west to High Gill Bridge.

©Father Ted

15th Nov 2008  13:40  by ted

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Sails is the southernmost 2000ft top on Mallerstang. Its slightly lower than neighbouring Little Fell with a reascent that most would consider insufficient to qualify it as a separate top. Its a wet, tussocky hill with few rock outcrops which is maybe why the OS chose a 'ring' trig station for this location. Its easy to find - at the highest point, next to a small cairn. There are good views of the surrounding hills, especially the profile of Wild Boar Fell. The station itself is waterlogged - several minutes spent in bailing had little effect. Theres a central bolt of approx 1" diameter but I couldn't make out any lettering on the concrete circumference. The station is recorded on benchmarks.ordnancesurvey.co.uk as one of several 'buried blocks' in this area so maybe there are more stations of this kind yet to be found. Acknowledgements to Phil Clayton, whose book 'On High Yorkshire Hills' (Dalesman, 1993) confirmed my suspicion that there could be a ring trig here.

Sails As found - submerged
Sails Bailed out - little better
Sails detail
Sails site
Sails site - looking northwards

23rd Sep 2008  14:10  by Phil Clayton

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Above date is latest of 4 visits, first on 30.7.78. Thanks to Ted for flagging it up. As I recall the ring was much more visible on my first visit than it is now.

4th Apr 1999  16:00  by dugswell2

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Bagged after Little Fell.

14th Feb 1999  12:30  by sleepwalker

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Visited during a traverse of the Mallerstang Ridge in misty and damp conditions.

1st Oct 1991  00:00  by Chris Ellis

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