S7091 - Mount Of Haddoch

NJ417283, LR37.

 

HISTORY

Pillar completed 20th September 1952 costing £37.0s.9d. Computed as tertiary triangulation station NJ45/T35 within the Elgin secondary block, and levelled to second class precision during 1953. This pillar station was last maintained by the Ordnance Survey in October 1978.

 

SITE VISIT

Parked in roadside car park at NJ429268. Up through woods following tracks as mapped. Took firebreak NW at NJ416278 and followed this to open hill. The trig column stands on the Aberdeenshire side of the county boundary line. The pillar is in good condition. The spider retains its original OS centre cap with deep indented letters. The flush bracket faces east, compass measurement 84°. The column is vented through the back (west) sighting hole. There is a 360° panoramic view from this top.

 

Photographed 20th June 2010, GRP.

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Map: Trig Pillars on OS Landranger 37

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Neighbouring Triangulation Pillars

 

S7077 - Top Of Buck : 3.12 miles to the south.

 

S7443 - Kelman Hill : 3.49 miles to the northwest.

 

S7130 - Hill Of Towanreef : 3.58 miles to the southeast.

 

S7280 - Meikle Firbriggs : 3.61 miles to the west.

 

S7136 - Tap Of Noth : 4.19 miles to the east.

 

S7046 - Grumack Hill : 4.22 miles to the north.

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