S7441 - Fingay Hill

SE401992, LR99. (original position)

 

HISTORY

Pillar completed around June 1953, date and cost details not on record. Computed as tertiary triangulation station SE38/T30 within the Harrogate secondary block during 1955. Flush bracket S7441 was levelled for height to first class precision, tertiary standards in October 1959. This pillar station was last maintained by the Ordnance Survey in April 1975.

 

SITE VISIT

Overall approach from southwest. Parked by the east side of the farmtrack at SE394988 opposite the cottages with kind permission of the householders. Walked along Low Moor Lane to the NW corner of the trig field then south via western edge to where the trig column now stands. The pillar is neatly relocated from centre of an arable field to the western edge, and is still in good condition. The spider retains a replacement OS centre cap with raised medium sized letters. The flush bracket faces south, compass measurement 176°. Vented through back (north) sight hole. The 247° panoramic view spans from ENE through south to NW.

 

Photographed: 3rd June 2013, GRP.

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Neighbouring Triangulation Pillars

 

S4378 - Summerfield House : 2.20 miles to the northwest.

 

S7592 - Bullamoor Resr : 3.17 miles to the south.

 

S4413 - Arncliffe Wood : 3.65 miles to the east.

 

S4383 - Manor Cottage : 3.75 miles to the northeast.

 

S4341 - Smeaton Farm : 4.29 miles to the northwest.

 

S4379 - Hunters Hill Farm : 4.76 miles to the west.

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