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TP7944 - Esplanade

Grid reference :

SZ 50349 96197

Type :

Spider

Condition :

Destroyed

OSGB36 Station :

SU31/T229

Current use :

None

Historic use :

4th order

T:UK waypoint :

TP7944

County :

Isle of Wight

Nearest town :

COWES

OSGB36 trig archive spreadsheet - IW
Trig Name	Original Name	New Name	EASTING	NORTHING	HEIGHT	ORDER	TYPE OF MARK	Computing Date	CLASS OF LEVELLING	Date of Levelling	LEVELLING DATUM	DESTROYED MARK INDICATOR	COMMENTS
Esplanade	SU31/T229	SU31T229	450349.11	96197.97	0.000	4	SPIDER	01/06/1949	0			1	In wall. Dest 08/64

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There are 7 photos for this trigpoint (view album).

This trigpoint:
Is ranked joint 16942nd with 56 other trigs (more).
Has a mean score of 4.43/10 (from 7 logged visits)
Was First logged: 28th Jun 2013
Has never been found intact
Was Last logged: 3rd Mar 2023

Of the 7 logged visits,
0 recorded a location

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Selection of photos for this Spider.

By TrigJS

©boblynoriho

By Trigger

By CJO

©JonT

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Logged Visits:

3rd Mar 2023 18:35 by TrigJS

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

Spider destroyed.

TP7944 Approximate position where the spider was located.

13th May 2022 12:51 by boblynoriho

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

6th Mar 2022 07:00 by peregrinus

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

No trace. As noted by others, presumably lost to sea wall rebuild. OS say Destroyed 08/64 and 10/66, locations approx 1m apart. Opposite parking area

11th Apr 2015 13:13 by jonglew

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

OS records this destroyed August 1964, but seems they replaced it with another spider and renamed it East Cowes - which itself is recorded as destroyed just 2 years later. No evidence in the sea wall of an installation, so presumably a new sea wall.

27th Dec 2014 10:01 by Trigger

FB Number: Not logged Condition: Couldn't find it Score: 5/10

TP7944

30th Jun 2013 10:06 by CJO

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

Reported destroyed 08/64. Good views across the water to the mainland. Only the seawall at GPS location.

Esplanade

28th Jun 2013 18:20 by JonT

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

Went to look for this as it was near the car park we used when visiting Cowes. The sea wall looks comparatively new (concrete, rather than the brick used further south), so presumably the trig point was destroyed when the wall was rebuilt. I've been unable to establish when this happened.

Seawall looking south-west ©JonT
Seawall looking north-east ©JonT
The seawall Fawley power station chimney in the distance ©JonT