TP1444 - Blacker Hill

Grid reference :	SE 36881 02653
Type :	Pillar
Condition :	Toppled or moved
Flush Bracket Number :	S4244
Current use :	none
Historic use :	Secondary
Waypoint :	TP1444
County :	South Yorkshire
Nearest town :	BARNSLEY

Nearby trigpoints, placenames, caches. There are 13 photos for this trigpoint (view album). This trigpoint: Is ranked joint 3888th with 46 other trigs (more). Has a mean score of 5.50/10 (from 16 logged visits) Was First logged: 9th Oct 2002 Was Last found intact: 26th Mar 2003 Was Last logged: 1st Nov 2009 Of the 16 logged visits, 3 recorded a location and of these.... All were within 96m The average error was 57m 1 was exact

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Selection of photos for this Pillar. By asbown By barnsley skip By barnsley skip ©vix92008 ©peregrinus By iainmac By iainmac See 6 more in the album.

Logged Visits:

1st Nov 2009  14:30  by asbown

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Possibly missing  Score: 5/10

no sign of trig but if it\'s been moved once I suppose it could have been moved again and there are plenty of places in the area to hide it, stone circle in it\'s place, I did have a 15 minute look around and found a tv,fridge and 2 baths all within a few hundred metres.

5th Jul 2009  14:39  by barnsley skip

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Definitely missing  Score: 0/10

Revisit to check no sign of trig since last visit on the 25-06-08. stone circle in position of original trig location could be the stones from my photo. Information board missing from middle of circle? RIP

23rd Jun 2009  12:00  by smiley dog

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 7/10

im afraid splash was right i spent the best part of an hour searching.pity as its a nice site.a stone circle seems to have appeared on sight .

26th Mar 2009  15:25  by splash

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Definitely missing  Score: 6/10

The quarry has been filled in. No sign of the trig now. Walked along the edge and over the field.

25th Jun 2008  18:45  by barnsley skip

FB Number: NO  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Bike ride from Cudworth, The trig as been moved to edge of wood, bad damage all metal work and number plate missing.

plate missing
Looking towards Worsbrough

24th May 2008  13:10  by astra-nomical

FB Number: S4244  Condition: Toppled or moved  Score: 6/10

Its a shame the trig wasnt replaced back in its original location after the quarrying finished, instead it stands at an angle abandoned at the edge of the field. At least it hasnt gone altogether.

15th Dec 2007  14:55  by vix92008

FB Number: S4244  Condition: Toppled or moved  Score: 6/10

Seems a bit vulnerable out of the ground and getting a bit eroded on the top but at least it has survived.

Blacker Hill S4244 ©vix92008

29th May 2007  11:30  by MAC.HAWK

FB Number: S4244  Condition: Toppled or moved  Score: 6/10

Although it's obviously been moved it's good to see it still surviving. The quarry as shown in the photo's from ted & iainmac has been filled in. View from the trig poor but from the lip of the wood there's a good view of the area west of Barnsley. Started at Wombwell railway station. No cars, on foot!

6th Apr 2007  16:30  by angellica

Gridref: SE 36881 02653   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled or moved  Score: 7/10

Reasonable condition - definitely looks like it has been moved. Visited whilst nearby at a geocache

7th Apr 2006  15:15  by mickandshane

FB Number: S4244  Condition: Toppled or moved  Score: 6/10

We parked to the east on a 'closed' road and headed up through the wood. I was surprised when I saw previou logs as the 'quarry' (opencast coal mining I suspect) has disappeared, and instead of a gapin hole next to the trig there is short pasture. The trig's in the same position but has a few more large rocks around it. Plug replaced with metal insert.

27th May 2005  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S4244  Condition: Toppled or moved  Score: 5/10

plastic cap, vgc but uprooted and leaning, at N edge of quarry just outside copse, maybe safe

Montaged by Jon Rouse ©peregrinus

13th Mar 2005  14:20  by Kev W

Gridref: SE 36930 02596   FB Number: S4244  Condition: Toppled or moved  Score: 5/10

Trig Point has clearly been moved. Where it used to be is now an open cast mine. Good view of the deep hole in the ground caused by the mining.

4th Jan 2005  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S4244  Condition: Toppled or moved  Score: 7/10

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30th Oct 2004  14:20  by ted

FB Number: S4244  Condition: Toppled or moved  Score: 7/10

This one was a surprise. The trig is no longer in its original location but has been moved about 100 yds south, to the edge of the woodland -it looks safe there for the time being although much of the hill top has gone to opencast mining operations. Access via the footpath from the west is OK; elsewhere, minor roads have been closed and paths diverted. Hopefully the beech trees will survive as well.

Blacker Hill Trig in its new location
Blacker Hill Trig and a digger
Blacker Hill Trig
Blacker Hill FB

26th Mar 2003  10:50  by Morseman

FB Number: S4244  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easily spotted from the road, there's a footpath through the field although you will need to divert a little to get to the pillar.

S4244 ©Morseman

9th Oct 2002  12:12  by manonabike

Gridref: SE 36800 02600   FB Number: S4244  Condition: Unknown  Score: 5/10

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