TP2453 - Cottingtons Hill

Grid reference :	SU 52571 56710
Type :	Pillar
Condition :	Moved
Flush Bracket Number :	S1681
Current use :	none
Historic use :	Secondary
Waypoint :	TP2453
County :	Hampshire
Nearest town :	NEWBURY

Nearby trigpoints, placenames  There are 20 photos for this trigpoint (view album). This trigpoint: Is ranked joint 9045th with 19 other trigs (more). Has a mean score of 4.76/10 (from 29 logged visits) Was First logged: 18th Oct 1980 Was Last found intact: 18th Oct 1980 Was Last logged: 19th May 2013 Of the 29 logged visits, 4 recorded a location and of these.... All were within 130m The average error was 34m The closest was 2m

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Selection of photos for this Pillar. By raypool By raypool By nifta ©Glaslyn By Griefmiester By iainmac ©Bekandian See 13 more in the album.

Logged Visits:

19th May 2013  14:30  by Wubbleyew

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Moved  Score: 5/10

Couldn't get a ticket for Saints' last game of the season so what else to do but go for a walk with a trig hunt involved? I'd missed this sad pillar on my last ramble up here in November 2009, but this time forewarned by fellow trigpointers I found it with little trouble. Several scratches later I emerged from the thorny bushes having noted the pillar's poor state. Strolling up Cottingtons Hill I heard my first cuckoo of the year.

15th Jan 2012  11:55  by Trigpoint100

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 3/10

Old Man wanted to drive the GPS to our TV transmitter to test intervisibility - but hey, if it also includes a good walk on a crisp, clear day with great views and two trigs I'm not complaining. This the first, and caused me to perfect my backwards, bent double, arms over head approach to getting through blackthorn! Still roughly upright with FB, and a good model with which to explain the function of sight holes (thanks, Ian!)

30th Jan 2011  18:30  by bluebeard

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled  Score: 1/10

25th Mar 2010  16:13  by raypool

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

16th Oct 2009  16:55  by nifta

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 6/10

Great views from just a few yards away, where I spent some time watching red kites riding the thermals. Pillar in a sorry condition, as others have already noted, and was quite difficult to access dur to growth around it.

TP2453 - S1681 Cottingtons Hill, October 2009 TP2453 - S1681 Cottingtons Hill, October 2009. Pillar & flush bracket.

12th Oct 2009  10:16  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SU 52500 56600   FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

Parking at Stubbington Down. Pleasant walk with expansive views. Pillar moved to small copse area between resevoir and field. Damaged base.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

13th Sep 2009  14:13  by moonraker

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 4/10

Started looking in field as shown on OS map but no sign. Decided to look in wood and after walking past it once saw it on way back. In a very sorry state.

13th Jul 2009  17:50  by Griefmiester

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Moved  Score: 6/10

I Parked on the B3051 and followed the wayfairer way to the foot path junction then up towards the mast, when you reach the point where the path enters the wood. go to the right and follow the path path around the woods, after a while the fence doglegs to the right, about 20 meters beyond , the pillar is resting just the other side of the barbed wire, not at all visible this time of year, so was a hands and knees job to get under the barbed wire - as commented very sad looking, no spider and an attempt has been made on the flush bracket. no views, you can hardly get far enough away to take pictures!!

18th Jun 2009  16:10  by AndyG

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 6/10

Walked up from the carpark on the B3051 initially round the field boundary just south of the fence with no sighting.Back via the track through the woods. At the gate with the footpath skirting it my 'trigger's nose' took me up a faint path to the south then to the right.Lots of bending over to get under low branches but there it was.Condition as described by others. Comparing the 1:25000 online and aerial photo shows that all the small fields to the south have been reduced to one which probably explains why the trig was moved -- to make way for large machines. An extra point for my first toppled or moved.

17th Sep 2008  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 4/10

In W edge of copse, 10m S of track. Easiest to head into copse, then S, then W thru blackthorn. Did a bit of pruning to ease the way in. Spider gone, FB still there.

19th Mar 2008  21:46  by PopUpPirate

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

Nice views... http://www.thevineathannington.co.uk/hannington_p6.html

19th Mar 2008  14:30  by The Cache Hoppers

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

Interesting place

12th Dec 2007  16:40  by Malpas Wanderer

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 4/10

In poor condition attempts have been made to remove flush bracket.

25th Nov 2007  16:39  by Clanfield Rambler

Gridref: SU 52572 56708   FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

Another pillar in blackthorn hedge by barbed wire fence. Getting difficult to reach. As others have said moved from orignal position.

©Clanfield Rambler

19th Oct 2007  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 2/10

S1681 Where it was before being moved.
S1681
S1681
S1681

27th Sep 2006  18:50  by Pyoung1s

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

22nd Apr 2006  17:19  by The White Family

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

4th Feb 2006  13:05  by lackofluke

Gridref: SU 52571 56712   FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

A short distance south of the path. Not marked on my copy of LR174 but appears to still be on 1:25K mapping.

26th Dec 2005  13:40  by PhilRichards

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

TP2453 ©PhilRichards

12th Dec 2005  14:00  by Rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

Black smudge from the Hemel oil fire is very visible from this top. Trig position unchanged and a choice of safe off road parking nearby makes for a pleasant walk.

12th Nov 2005  15:40  by dal

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Moved  Score: 4/10

As reported by others, the trig is in a bad state. Clearly the best place for it was where it was, but having uprooted it, it is a pity it wasn't re-erected by the side of the FP. Note a new barbed wire fence is erected, and the trig is on the copse side of the fence. So go over the stile into the copse near the aerial, and work your way along the inside of the fence. Quite a few brambles. No longer easy.

12th Feb 2005  15:58  by Bekandian

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

As stated before this TP is in a sorry state and moved from its correct location. Views are fairly good from the SW, but obscured otherwise.

Ian and Tim with the TP ©Bekandian

5th Feb 2005  13:35  by Managra

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

This has been moved, is leaning and the spider is missing. Easy access.

Trigpoint
Flush bracket

28th Jul 2004  18:55  by subarite

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 4/10

The pillar has been uprooted and moved. Andy.

Flush bracket ©subarite
Pillar ©subarite

18th Jul 2004  13:43  by bradonline.co.uk

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

22nd Feb 2004  14:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 6/10

The trig pillar is now at SU 525 567. adjacent to the path but on the edge of the field. The tri-brac and plug are missing but the FB is still there - although somebody has had a good go at removing it!

27th Jul 2003  13:00  by Steve & Gill

Gridref: SU 52574 56710   FB Number: S1681  Condition: Toppled  Score: 7/10

Our second attempt at a first Trigpoint. Found it as a result of a geocache. It looks like the land owner has moved it out of his way to better enable ploughing and planting etc.

Flush Bracket - TP2453
Re-positioned trigpoint

26th May 2003  16:22  by Mr & Mrs Hedgehog

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled  Score: 3/10

18th Oct 1980  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: S1681  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

In middle of wheat field (stubble) - field adjacent to radio mast.