10129 - Nether Shiels

NT423465, LR73.

 

HISTORY

Pillar completed 24th July 1958 costing £25.9s.11d. Computed as tertiary triangulation station NT33/T5 within the Peebles secondary block, and levelled to second class precision during 1959. This pillar station was last maintained by the Ordnance Survey in May 1970.

 

SITE VISIT

Three trig circuit from Fountainhall. Parked by northeast side of the road in the village at NT429493. Walked the road SE to a high point by the woods at NT436489, and headed SW up the field edge to the higher comms mast to meet the track. Continued SW to the junction of fences at NT424474 then took a near straight line to the trig column. Grazing top just outside woods. The pillar is in good condition. The spider retains its original OS centre cap with deep indented letters. The flush bracket faces NNW, compass measurement 341°. Vented through three sight holes, the left (NE) port remains plugged. The innards are partly blocked with debris. The open outlook spans 247° from SSE clockwise through west to NE. The remainder is blocked by the adjacent woods which break the line of sight with Carsinker Law. Descendend NW around Symington Hill to head for Mount Main.

 

Photographed: 5th October 2013, GRP.

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Map: Trig Pillars on OS Landranger 73

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Neighbouring Triangulation Pillars

 

10126 - Carsinker Law : 2.03 miles to the northeast.

 

S9846 - Brockhouse : 2.45 miles to the north.

 

S9836 - Mount Main : 2.52 miles to the northwest.

 

S7479 - Sell Moor : 3.77 miles to the east.

 

S9834 - Windlestraw Law : 3.85 miles to the southwest.

 

S9448 - Collie Law : 4.63 miles to the northeast.

 

10132 - Carcant Hill : 4.99 miles to the northwest.

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