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17th Aug 2023  15:15  by ted

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The sketch for this trig is available from https://trigpointing.uk/wiki/File:TP8462_Back_Lane_Sketch.jpg but is of limited use. It mentions lamp posts LP17 and LP18 which no longer exist whilst the reference points 'Large Stone' and a gateway in the stone wall were not located in the dense brambles (and may have gone). The only useful sketch measure is the distance of 1.83 metres (6 ft) from the road edge. A new lamp post (LP15) has been installed in the verge on the W side of the road and its location appears to be near identical with the trig station's grid reference. Measuring from the road edge to LP15 gave a distance of 1.52 metres (5 ft). 25 mins spent in bramble bashing with secateurs. Managed to clear an area 1 metre back from the lamp post and 2 metres to each side. Then spent another 25 mins probing the soft ground. Nothing found except for two false positives (a large rock and some broken tiles). On balance it seems likely that the block was lost to excavations when LP15 was installed. Other possibilities are that the verge has been raised or else the trig is further from the lamp post than indicated by gps. A humid afternoon for gardening alongside a busy road but reasonable semi-urban views towards Pudsey.

Back Lane satellite view
Back Lane site
Back Lane site

17th Apr 2023  10:15  by Mickandkim

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Possibly dug out when electric to lamp was put in

4th May 2020  18:15  by OfficeOfPudseyTrigs

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Went to lamp post position but no sign of it

Now famous Back Lane lamp post

20th Apr 2020  12:04  by Sarah

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As others have said too many brambles. I guess the grid reference might be wrong as there was nothing where I stood and I was spot on it!

20th Apr 2020  12:04  by Sarah

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As others have said too many brambles. I guess the grid reference might be wrong as there was nothing where I stood and I was spot on it!

22nd Dec 2013  10:47  by peregrinus

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Should be west verge by lamp post. Few minutes probing, a few stones only. Could be in brambles. Layby just uphill

2nd Nov 2013  15:20  by CJO

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Still under bramles despite the road side verge and hedge getting a major spruce up further along the road. Cut back some of the bramles and hedge at the GR, but only buried cans, a clay roof tiles and stones were found. It started raining so we gave up. This could still be there but a major prune is required to get back to the wall. There is a junction between a fence and the wall at the back of the brambles at the GR and that may have been the "re-find" marker the OS used originally to mark this one.

Back Lane location near the lamppost?

21st Apr 2012  13:20  by rowleybirkin

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Passed by here many times on our frequent visits to Pudsey. Busy road but there is a convenient lay-by on the same side as the trig. I couldn't find it, my GPS led me to a location that was thick with brambles etc. Good view of Pudsey. Maybe some local, more enthusiastic trig-pointer, armed with suitable tools and with plenty of time would have more success. If such a person exists, I wish him or her the best of luck !

Good view of Pudsey, no sign of the surface block !