S7024 - Sceugh Head

NY442426, LR85.

 

HISTORY

Pillar completed 11th July 1952 costing £20.15s.0d. Computed as tertiary triangulation station NY45/T64 in 1953. Flush bracket S7024 was levelled for height to first class precision, tertiary standards in 1970. This pillar station was last maintained by the Ordnance Survey in in August 1984.

 

SITE VISIT

Parked roadside at nearest point. Field edge, left of boundary wall, connecting gate beyond. The pillar is in good condition. Spider centre plugged with smooth brown resin. The flush bracket faces NNE along the field edge, compass measurment 27°. Vented through right (NW) sight hole. Limited views.

 

Photographed: 26th May 2010, GRP.

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Map: Trig Pillars on OS Landranger 85

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Neighbouring Triangulation Pillars

 

S6943 - Barrock Fell : 3.28 miles to the northeast.

 

S6994 - Hutton Bank : 3.31 miles to the south.

 

S7001 - Blaze Fell Quarry : 3.36 miles to the east.

 

S6930 - Birds Hill : 4.16 miles to the northwest.

 

S7000 - Hewer Hill Quarry : 4.86 miles to the southwest.

 

S6993 - Lazonby Fell : 4.89 miles to the east. (X)

 

S6996 - How Hill : 4.96 miles to the southwest.

 

S6953 - Greystoke Park : 5.95 miles to the south.

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(X) = destroyed

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