S7909 - The Grun

NT666003, LR80.

 

HISTORY

Pillar completed 23rd March 1954 costing £48.2s.0d. Computed as tertiary triangulation station NT72/T100 within the Jedburgh secondary block during 1957, and levelled to second class precision in 1958. This pillar station was last maintained by the Ordnance Survey in October 1986.

 

SITE VISIT

Approached from the northeast. Parked on the farm track adjacent to a barn, with the kind permission of the farmer at Chattlehope, NT738028. The endurance testing three trig circuit included White Crags, The Grun and Ellis Crag. Deep heather, plenty of bogs, no paths, long peat troughs etc. A flat topped bleak heather clad moor. The pillar is in good condition. The spider retains its original OS centre cap with deep indented lettering. The flush bracket faces south, compass measurement 191°. Vented through the front (south) and right (east) sight holes. The panoramic outlook includes Deadwater Fell.

 

Photographed: 17th May 2008, GRP.

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Map: Trig Pillars on OS Landranger 80

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Neighbouring Triangulation Pillars

 

S7503 - White Crags : 2.13 miles to the northeast.

 

S7921 - Carlin Tooth : 2.58 miles to the northwest.

 

S7500 - Carter Bar : 3.20 miles to the north.

 

S7917 - Deadwater Moor : 3.21 miles to the southwest.

 

S7992 - Monkside : 3.52 miles to the south.

 

S7907 - Greys Pike : 4.04 miles to the south.

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