TP1872 - Caldicot Moor

Grid reference :	ST 46119 86133
Type :	Pillar
Condition :	Good
Flush Bracket Number :	S3282
Current use :	none
Historic use :	3rd order
Waypoint :	TP1872
County :	Gwent
Nearest town :	PORTISHEAD

Nearby trigpoints, placenames  There are 23 photos for this trigpoint (view album). This trigpoint: Is ranked joint 3923rd with 36 other trigs (more). Has a mean score of 5.73/10 (from 30 logged visits) Was First logged: 22nd Mar 1986 Was Last logged: 11th May 2013 Of the 30 logged visits, 6 recorded a location and of these.... All were within 38m The average error was 9m 1 was exact	[Zoom In/Out] [Hide Labels] [Hide Caches]
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Selection of photos for this Pillar. ©dadu 13 ©dadu 13 By Funk to Funky ©jonglew ©Harris Tweed By dpeberdy See 17 more in the album.

Logged Visits:

11th May 2013  12:35  by glasfory

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

Must be the shortest pillar we have seen, has been buried under sea defence.

5th May 2013  15:24  by dadu 13

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Great views from here, but very breezy even on such a fantastic day as this.

©dadu 13
View of the Severn Bridge©dadu 13

25th Apr 2013  12:57  by dragons51

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

Spotted this one while I was setting a cache series Trig is buried with only the top showing

18th Mar 2013  11:09  by Funk to Funky

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

This is the lowest lying trig I have ever stumbled across (and you could stumble across it if you don't mind your feet!). I came from the east along the foreshore but there is also easy access straight to it from a track. Slightly damaged on the corners.

Slight corner damge.

23rd Dec 2012  09:00  by jonglew

Gridref: ST 46119 86136   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Access via narrow unmetalled lanes from Magor/Undy. It is possible to drive to within 60m of the trig. Trig was at one time standing proud on the shore line, but when the coastal defence bank was constructed it was buried to within a few inches of the top as can be seen in the photograph. The centre metal cap is in place but there is damage to 2 of the top corners. Good views of the second Severn crossing.

Pillar ©jonglew
Spider ©jonglew

22nd Dec 2012  14:20  by dal

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

Parked near the motorway bridge. Pleasant stroll out. In the awful weather the second Severn crossing was just about visible.

28th Aug 2012  13:00  by ShortyTaffy

Gridref: ST 46123 86133   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

out caching and passing by

19th Aug 2012  15:26  by CJO

Gridref: ST 46120 86135   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Presented in a novel manner, partially entombed in the flood defences. Drove to within 100m of pillar. possible to just make out TP9875 and TP9876 Avonmouth north and south lighthouses.

Caldicott Moor FB buried

23rd Jul 2012  13:39  by von-horst

FB Number: S3282  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Tigpoint is buried within the sea wall, with just the upper two inches being visible.

That's a first for me!

20th Jun 2012  14:50  by Trigpoint100

FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

9m above MSL - doesn't look like it to me - global warming (or isostatic recovery)? Easily accessible - drive to end of track (from Undy) and thereafter new gates / signs for Welsh coastal path. Great views of the Severn estuary; metal cap with indented lettering and a fair chunk out of the SE corner of the 'top'!.

15th Jun 2012  12:51  by Harris Tweed

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

An interesting pillar which seems to have been incorporated into the flood defence bank. Just top visible.

Buried pillar ©Harris Tweed
Pillar and view over channel ©Harris Tweed

14th Jun 2012  07:00  by sniffadogz

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

Unusual trig! Found while cacheing nearby.

10th Jun 2012  10:45  by MickandKim

Gridref: ST 46119 86133   FB Number: S3282  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Last of over 100 logs for the week Rain,Storm,but still had good time As running late we drove to within 50ft

19th Jun 2011  17:28  by russie and sidekick

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

spider nice walk to trig unfort only spider visible as flood bank been built around it i suppose it will keep it in good condition

30th Jun 2010  13:15  by cmb1953

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

3rd Jul 2009  11:55  by Dusty

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

Found that I had not replaced battery in camera so had to take snaps with phone. My 400th pillar.

Mrs Dusty on trigpoint

1st Jan 2009  09:00  by Glaslyn

Gridref: ST 46110 86130   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 1/10

Buried, just top couple of inches showing (maybe someone will dig it out one day?) Walked in from just past M Way bridge (police speed van on bridge over M4 and hidden from traffic below behind sign the crafty bugger!)See no reason why you cant drive to this one ...the S Wales formation fly tippers have been out in force ( I swear there is no part of the UK that suffers the level of illegal dumping that S Wales does,I counted 4 wheels,2x televisions 1 x Fridge and half a fitted kitchen and that was without looking too hard!) Add to this more manic dogs than you could shake a stick at and a pillar you can barely see this one is for the completists I think!

©Glaslyn

26th Aug 2008  11:02  by dpeberdy

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

Parked just south of the 'Great House' at Undy. The roads are marked as private from there. Tried the footpath directly South west (ish) but too muddy and not clear, so resorted to the easy to walk cycle paths and tracks. Had I not read about the buried nature of this trig I would have marked it as missing! A nice spot - great to be buffeted by the sea wind! 9m Me

Here it is! No honestly, it is!

19th Jun 2008  12:33  by tom

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

The pillar is sited inside a levee with only the top few inches showing; it has a metal cap with indented lettering. I parked at the end of the metalled road at Rogiet Moor and walked along the dirt and gravel tracks to the levee. There is a good view of the Severn Bridge and across the estuary to the industry on the opposite bank with low wooded hills of North Somerset beyond. Trees prevent a view inland but returning to the car across Caldicot Moor there is a view northwards of more wooded hills, the motorway and the village of Magor. The levee marks the boundary between two SSSIs: inland is Gwent Levels – Magor and Undy; the other side is the Severn Estuary.

8th Mar 2008  10:00  by bluebeard

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

Just over the motorway and just past the road turning for toll booth collectors was an open gate but a sign saying PRIVATE ROAD. I decided not to risk getting locked in and so parked and walked in from here.

10th Feb 2008  16:31  by captain gore-tex

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

what a fun pillar. Could have driven much closer to this one than I did.

nice views from here ©captain gore-tex

9th Jan 2008  10:46  by arranc

Gridref: ST 46100 86100   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

buried by sea wall built round it

12th Jun 2006  14:40  by Rhayader_wanderer

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

Good views of the new severn crossing. Parking from NW in the church car park S of the railway at Undy. Nice bike ride in on well bedded tracks.

19th Dec 2005  12:00  by iainmac

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

S3282
S3282
S3282
S3282

15th May 2005  09:15  by maurice

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

Condition is assumed as only about the top 100mm is visible due to the flood protection bank. Good view of the Second Severn Crossing and Denny Island.

13th Feb 2005  16:00  by desperate dan

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

Not a pillar at all, unless most of it is buried, as only the top three inches is visible above the sea defence. My lowest trig point to date and hard to believe it is as much as 10m above sea level.

12th Feb 2005  12:00  by peregrinus

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

pillar buried in seabank, top visible, metal cap shallow letters

S3282 buried ©peregrinus
S3282 top ©peregrinus

3rd Oct 2004  13:00  by mickandshane

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

I'm assuming the condition is good because all that is visible of this trig is the top - which still has all it's brasswork and a plug with indented lettering. The rest of the trig is buried in the sea defence bank. Access is easy via tracks that can be driven down from Rogiet Moor and there are good views of the new Severn Bridge. The OS list the FB No as S3282.

13th Feb 2004  11:30  by chas

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Difficult to assess condition as it is buried in embankment by River Severn. Only top showing.

View from the top!
View from the top

22nd Mar 1986  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Pillar buried in flood defence bank - only few inches exposed. Condition not covered by options offered - recorded as toppled. FB number believed to be S3282.