Logged Visits:

1st May 2024  12:21  by Robert Phillips

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

25th Nov 2023  17:25  by pricklyangelduo

FB Number: S6959  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Started at Balafark. Lots of trees have been felled but good tracks till you have to head west at a bend. Scramble up the dirt and follow the new trees along a ditch. Terrain quite difficult with lots of logs and branches.

21st Apr 2022  15:59  by RichardTrigger

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

Can park by road at Balafark (56.09,-4.23) then an easy walk on track not yet on maps to 56.0874,-4.2594, then an easy ride to follow west - you can’t see it from the track at that point, you have to scramble up a muddy slope. There are a few red deer in the enclosure. And ticks…

5th Oct 2017  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NS 58954 90429   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Follow track from SE to its end at NS596904, where an ATV track continues all the way to the trig (keep left at tower at NS591904)

14th Jul 2017  10:57  by Cootking

FB Number: S6959  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parking to south at entrance to marked track. Had to detour through fields due to cattle - had trig bagging collie with me. Followed track to end, no sign of any visitors - easy place to get lost, fall and have a very long wait for help. From track end go 50 yards straight ahead then 45° left through gap in trees. Past bird table in middle of bog then left at fallen big shooting seat thing. Up wide ride (narrow one blocked by fallen trees), then quick jook left then right and you're there. The map indicates a considerable distance between the track end and the forest rides - the actual distance is much less - be careful. Explorer 348 is much more realistic than the Street map on this site. Wear waterproof boots or wellies and in summer be prepared for millions of flies. First visit for 5 years.

Pillar and trig bagging collie
Bit mossy.
Pillar

19th Aug 2012  18:24  by clochandighter

Gridref: NS 58958 90425   FB Number: S6959  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Second visit. For photographs and GPS reading. Trees have grown since my last visit. Pillar in good condition. Spider centre plugged with tar. Flush bracket faces SSE ~155°. Vented through sighting hole on FB face. No view, completely lost to surrounding forestry.

S6959 - Balgair Muir pillar & GRP

21st Apr 2012  15:43  by coinea

Gridref: NS 58956 90432   FB Number: S6959  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Had just parked car at end of track when pick-up of shootists arrived to 'work' in woods. Leader came and spoke to me, he is in charge of managing of woods ranging from Loch Lomond to Castlecary. Was very civil, did not try and stop me but emphasised I MUST not leave open firebreak areas, must not venture into trees.

S6959 Balgair Muir.

12th Jul 2010  16:04  by descarte1

Gridref: NS 58951 90424   FB Number: S6959  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Good condition pillar with south-east-ish facing FB and SE/NE sightholes open and clear. Bolt visible. Parked at the entrance to the marked path running up into the forest then via the firebreaks up to the trig. Bizarre deliverance-style hide nearby, probably to shoot trigpointers using the pillar as bait. The pillar itself stands in a big clearing. Absolutely no views at all, but probably would be pretty good if the trees weren't there!

24th Aug 2008  13:02  by agentmancuso

Gridref: NS 58958 90426   FB Number: S6959  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Came up from forestry track half a mile east of Harvieston. When this ends, go N a short distance then W on narrow firebreak. Easier to find than expected.

1st Jan 2007  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S6959  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

vgc, asphalt plug, large clearing in plantation, no view. Mapped ride is narrow but OK; turn L at lookout tower. First trig of 2007.

25th Feb 2006  11:52  by Boys from the Dyes

Gridref: NS 58959 90418   FB Number: S6959  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Don’t be fooled into try to find this trig from the clearing at highest point of hill. Took us 20 minutes to fight our way through the trees. Walk on another 2 to 3 minutes down hill until you reach a 2 metre cutting in the trees, follow this then you will reach a further wider brake in the trees, this leads to a big clearing and the pillar. Only took us 5 minutes to return to the edge of the forest this way.

Pillar, flush bracket and position©Boys from the Dyes

21st Jul 1993  12:28  by clochandighter

FB Number: S6959  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

First visit. To record FB number. The pillar was completed 28th April 1952 costing £13.5s.0d. Later in 1952 this marker was computed for triangulation as secondary station NN61/1 in the Callander block. flush bracket S6959 was levelled for height also in 1952. This trig point was last maintained by the OS on August 1971.