S5036 - Bromley Muir

NS368805, LR63.

 

HISTORY

Pillar completed 11th December 1948 costing £26.10s.9d. Computed as secondary triangulation station NS29/13 during 1952. Levelled for height to first class precision, tertiary standards during 1968. Last maintained by the OS in June 1980.

 

SITE VISIT

Approached from south. Parking for approximately four cars in wide entrance to track to north side of public road at NS368788. Up via track to reservoir then onto worn path over Millburn Muir and Overton Muir to Bromley Muir top. Open grazing moor in the shadow of overhead power lines. Pillar in good Condition. Spider centre open. Flush bracket faces ENE, ~77°. All sight holes open, innards blocked with debris. Full 360° panoramic view overlooking Loch Lomond and dominated by Ben Lomond.

 

Photographed: 20th April 2014, GRP.

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Map: Trig Pillars on OS Landranger 63

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Neighbouring Triangulation Pillars

 

S4991 - Renton : 1.43 miles to the south.

 

S5042 - Knockour Hill : 3.21 miles to the northeast.

 

S4984 - Pappert Hill : 3.41 miles to the east.

 

11506 - Ardmore : 3.59 miles to the west.

 

S5015 -Dumbarton Castle : 4.19 miles to the southeast.

 

S3657 - Dumbuck : 4.86 miles southeast. (destroyed)

 

S5142 - Doughnot Hill : 5.19 miles to the east.

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