S7989 - Lamb Hill

NT810133, LR80.

 

HISTORY

Pillar completed 11th April 1954 costing £69.2s.6d. Computed as tertiary triangulation station NT72/T60 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 September 1978.

 

SITE VISIT

Local access from the Scottish side is from Buchtrig. The road end parking is on the private farmyard where permission to park was sought and kindly given. The residents of Buchtrig are friendly towards walkers. This trig column is on English soil and is passed when walking the Pennine Way. The pillar is in good condition. The spider centre is open. The flush bracket faces southwest along national border, compass measurement 228°. Vented through the back (NE) sight hole. Although the pillar appears to stand on the Scottish side of the fence, the national boundary runs parallel, a few metres NW of the fence line at this point.

 

Photographed: 6th October 2007, GRP.

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Map: Trig Pillars on OS Landranger 80

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Neighbouring Triangulation Pillars

 

S7908 - Langside Law : 2.41 miles to the west.

 

S7999 - Windy Gyle : 3.02 miles to the northeast.

 

S7429 - Thirl Moor : 3.10 miles to the south.

 

S7660 - Craik Moor : 3.54 miles to the north.

 

S8079 - Shillhope Law : 4.50 miles to the southeast.

 

S7577 - Hare Law : 4.70 miles to the northwest.

 

S7997 - Kings Seat : 4.92 miles to the northeast.

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