S4996 - Wards Stone

SD585585, LR102.

 

HISTORY

Pillar completed 20th September 1948 costing £15.12s.0d. Computed as secondary triangulation station SD74/15 within the Blackburn block, and levelled to second class precision during 1948. Last maintained by the OS in June 1976.

 

SITE VISIT

Four trig circuit from Jubilee Tower. Car park opposite at SD542573. Followed footpath NE to SD556589, bagged Clougha Pike, returned to SD556589 and continued eastwards on mapped path until reaching the west trig (560m) on Wards Stone plateau. Pillar in good condition. Spider retains original OS centre cap with shallow engraved letters. Flush bracket faces NE, ~50°. Vented through NW sight hole. Long views in most directions, other pillar on Mallowdale Pike clearly visible. Continued to the east trig (561m) named Mallowdale Pike.

 

Photographed: 29th June 2013, GRP.

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Neighbouring Triangulation Pillars

 

2981 - Mallowdale Pike : 0.43 miles to the east.

 

S4999 - Clougha Pike : 2.66 miles to the west.

 

S4998 - Wolfhole Crag : 3.00 miles to the east.

 

S4997 - Whit Moor : 3.35 miles to the north.

 

S4633 - Fell Top : 4.41 miles to the south.

 

S4700 - Whins Brow : 4.53 miles to the southeast.

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