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15th Jun 2024  11:45  by Fife Walking

Gridref: NT 07993 45967   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 2/10

2nd dilapidated trig this week. Nice walk up from Kirkhouse taking in White Hill and then on to Black Mount. Some sheep paths/tracks and some heather bashing. Steep descent north for quiet road walk back bagging benchmarks along the way,

©Fife Walking

10th Apr 2024  10:57  by meltdiceburg

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

A nice walk up Black Mount. The trigpoint is in a very bad way, it will continue to deteriorate quickly as it is very exposed and has no protection now, it could be gone in 10 years. A nice outlook from here.

Black Mount Trigpoint ©meltdiceburg
meltdiceburg @ Black Mount Trigpoint ©meltdiceburg
Dottie @ Black Mount Trigpoint ©meltdiceburg

20th Feb 2024  19:47  by Felonevrihil

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

20th Feb 2024  19:47  by Felonevrihil

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

18th Feb 2024  09:37  by Felonevrihil

Gridref: NT 07990 45967   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

18th Feb 2024  09:32  by Felonevrihil

Gridref: NT 07996 45966   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

24th Apr 2023  18:07  by ruari2022

FB Number: S1591  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Pillar is in a real bad way as others have seen. Post work bag this one for me. Parked at the end of the track NNW and followed it to the old quarry and then straight up from there. Returned same route.

19th Apr 2023  12:23  by jonglew

Gridref: NT 07995 45972   FB Number: S1591  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

Grass verge parking to NW (NT 0740 4704). Track up to Auld Kirk Wa's, then took an obvious line up the hill. An extremely badly damaged pillar sits on a grassy mound at the hill's summit. Suffering from extensive concrete rot, both spider and FB missing. Extensive panoramic views.

Pillar TP1430©jonglew
Top TP1430©jonglew

21st Oct 2022  12:30  by G4VFL

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

SOTA activation of GM/SS-158

SOTA activation Activation on 4m, I used the fence rather than the trig point. It is interesting that the trig has deteriorated so much compared to Mendick Hill nearby. Did they not quite get the concrete mix right ?©G4VFL

2nd May 2022  08:03  by Oldhortus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Sad to see the condition the trig is in. Great walk up and enjoyed the view

12th Apr 2022  15:08  by JHighton

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

19th May 2021  11:50  by KevP

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

15th May 2021  13:11  by Dav1d0212

FB Number: S1591  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

Long walk and steep ascent from laybye at Dolphinton via White Hill. Trig Pillar very badly damaged at time of visit

Black Mount

29th Jun 2019  12:15  by tim747

FB Number: S1591  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

2nd Feb 2019  15:02  by TeamHam

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

1st Feb 2019  14:04  by TeamHam

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

1st Feb 2019  13:48  by TeamHam

Gridref: NT 07993 45970   FB Number: GONE  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

19th Jan 2019  17:23  by AFWFCL16

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

7th Jul 2018  05:07  by vegibagger

FB Number: NONE  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Sad to see it very damaged and with no FB but been that way a long time. Decayed pillars are also a rather interesting curiosity too. Fantastic dawn walk started about 3.45am

Damage ©vegibagger

19th May 2017  14:49  by Sealf4

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

2nd Visit, I have no date for the first. This time I crossed Black Mount and then Mendick Hill as part of my Watershed walk. As recorded by other people , this TP is damaged and has no FB

19th Feb 2017  14:48  by mntainman

Gridref: NT 07994 45968   FB Number: GONE  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Don't think it is weather. More like someone with chisel to claim metal work. No FB spider in situ and solid but damaged all round top.

Black Mount

17th Oct 2016  12:40  by Tony J

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

15th Oct 2016  15:31  by Do you Always Get Lost

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

21st Jul 2016  17:30  by Borderer

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 8/10

Took the track from the north west then straight up the very steep slope. Decided to take the gentler anticlockwise horseshoe back to the end of the track. Worth the effort in +20 degrees heat for the terrific views. Unfortunately the pillar looks like a half-eaten apple but is still standing and felt pretty secure.

©Borderer

6th Jul 2016  08:36  by NormanW

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

15th Mar 2016  08:20  by mm0veg

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

23rd Sep 2014  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NT 07995 45964   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

4th May 2014  14:17  by Robert Phillips

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

3rd Nov 2013  14:00  by ger

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Hill bagging.

27th Aug 2012  11:43  by g4wsb

Gridref: NT 07995 45964   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

No plate , picture tells all GM/SS-158

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©g4wsb

26th Mar 2012  14:20  by campagvelocet

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 6/10

Sweltering afternoon and a strange noise at the trig: surrounded by hovering flies. In March. Decent views.

5th Mar 2011  13:28  by fasgadh

Gridref: NT 07993 45965   FB Number: N/A  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

Still standing but in a sorry state. Lanarkshire's trigs mirror the roads: crumbling. Beware if descending to the west. There comes a point where you have a choice between a field or rough moorland on either side of a fence. If descending to the north, take the moorland on the north side, otherwise you are on the wrong side of an electric fence all the way to the Walston-Elsrickle path and the only way out on to the path is a fortified gate with barbed wire placed to try and block it. Hostiles!

The continuing decay of Black Mount ©fasgadh
Black Mount Rotting away©fasgadh
Black Mount The decaying concrete with fragments of the outer layer visible lying nearby.©fasgadh

5th Dec 2010  13:06  by Fester

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 9/10

Arctic landscape today.Tremendous views all around with added bonus inversion.Didn`t scrape the ice off to get the fb number as fingers were a bit numb :)

8th Aug 2009  12:07  by Aye Jimmy

Gridref: NT 07994 45963   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 4/10

Black Mount One of the most decrepit TPs I've seen.
Black Mount Location. That Kev Robison has a lot to answer for!

23rd Nov 2008  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 8/10

Bottom part badly damaged with FB missing, probably due in part to poor concrete. Top damaged but spider intact, no cap or plug. Fine steep grass & heather hill, fine view. N corrie is a fine feature and makes an enjoyable ascent. Cattle.

28th Aug 2008  00:00  by Sprog

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

6th Aug 2008  13:07  by coinea

Gridref: NT 07990 45960   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

6th Aug 2008  12:59  by clochandighter

Gridref: NT 07992 45959   FB Number: S1591  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

Parked safely by roadside at NT073470. Followed track opposite (SE) and continued to summit ridge. Pillar severely damaged, flush bracket missing, was present in 1986. Spider centre open. Flush bracket faced 331°, NW. Three sight holes open, NE sight blocked. Cloud down, weather poor on the day. In better conditions this primary station has intervisibility with the neighouring primary stations as follows: Scald Law, Dun Rig, Tinto, Cairn Table, Corse Hill, Earls Seat, Ben Cleugh. The montage shows what remains of pillar S1591 with digitally edited FB S1594.

S1591 - Black Mount montage
S1591 - Black Mount what remains of the pillar
S1591 - Black Mount what remains of the top
S1591 - Black Mount & GRP

4th Aug 2007  15:45  by andyc

FB Number: NONE  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

Excellent view point with lots of bilberries. Completely deserted on the hill compared to the crowded Pentlands.

21st Nov 2005  12:30  by dugswell2

FB Number: GONE  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

Tick.

20th Apr 2005  12:00  by Sandman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Black Mount - S1591 ©Sandman

1st Jun 2004  20:43  by stonestreaker

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

this trig's got one sexy hourglass figure!! has anyone seen the trig beaver anywhere??

6th Dec 2003  00:00  by agentmancuso

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Wife 5 months pregnant when we climbed this. Her last for a while.

14th Feb 2003  12:30  by lepustimidus

Gridref: NT 07999 45964   FB Number: S1519  Condition: Damaged  Score: 8/10

Pillar damaged bits missing including FB. Number from GRP's visit 1986

1st Oct 2002  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S1591  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

FB number from GRP's visit.

31st Aug 2002  12:21  by arranc

Gridref: NT 08000 45900   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

25th Dec 2000  11:54  by fasgadh

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 10/10

Brillians snowy morning. Pillar is in a bad way, cracked with bits falling off

The pillar is still here.. Christmas 2000 ©fasgadh
Damaged trig Pentlands in the distance©fasgadh

9th Aug 2000  07:18  by Chalky

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

11th Sep 1999  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 8/10

No details noted - fine grassy corrie, fine steep climb, fine view

6th Jun 1996  12:00  by Am fear liath mor

FB Number: S1591  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

Pleasant walk from Wellbutts. Pillar crumbling badly and FB damaged with number barely legible.

4th Aug 1986  18:17  by clochandighter

FB Number: S1591  Condition: Damaged  Score: 9/10

First visit. To record FB number. HISTORY The pillar was completed on 27th July 1936 costing £11.3s.11d. Computed for triangulation as primary station PP352 in figure 3 of the OSGB36 network during 1937. Levelled to second class precision in 1950. Last maintained by the OS in September 1981. SITE VISIT This pillar still retained its FB, S1591 when I visited in 1986. SDL reported (Feb03) that the pillar is now badly damaged and that the FB has gone. No photos taken.