TP2708 - Cwmcarvan Hill

Grid reference :	SO 47503 05550
Type :	Pillar
Condition :	Good
Flush Bracket Number :	S6969
Current use :	none
Historic use :	3rd order
Waypoint :	TP2708
County :	Gwent
Nearest town :	MONMOUTH

Nearby trigpoints, placenames  There are 14 photos for this trigpoint (view album). This trigpoint: Is ranked joint 5416th with 30 other trigs (more). Has a mean score of 5.44/10 (from 16 logged visits) Was First logged: 19th Feb 2005 Was Last logged: 8th Apr 2013 Of the 16 logged visits, 2 recorded a location and of these.... All were within 5m The average error was 4m The closest was 3m	[Zoom In/Out] [Hide Labels] [Hide Caches]
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Selection of photos for this Pillar. By russie and sidekick By russie and sidekick By russie and sidekick By tom By iainmac See 9 more in the album.

Logged Visits:

8th Apr 2013  13:02  by Funk to Funky

FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Looks in pretty good condition at the moment.

25th Jan 2012  12:30  by arranc

Gridref: SO 47505 05555   FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

31st Aug 2011  13:19  by russie and sidekick

FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

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21st Jul 2011  13:40  by Sam

FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

I Decided before lunch to visit this trigpoint, as I'd tried and failed to find it previously. Just before I set off it started pouring with rain, but I decided to do it anyway. I clambered into my waterproof gear and set off for Trellech on my bike. At Broad Meend, it stopped raining and the sun came out. Great! As I cycled up Far Hill, it looked fine, so I took my waterproofs off and started searching for the pillar. I overshot it at first, but then my GPS pointed me in the right direction. Headed across a field full of hay bales and spotted the Trigpoint in a field full of livestock. VICTORY! Logged the number on the Flush Bracket and also took coordinates for a possible future geocache. When I got back to the road, I saw rain coming in from the West and so cycled as fast as I could back down Far Hill and back home. (The computer on my bike recorded it as 27.3mph). Got back just in time as it then started pouring with rain again. Conclusion - Great British Weather: When you want it to rain it doesn't and when you don't it does! Thanks for a great bike ride!

6th Jul 2010  11:36  by tom

FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

The pillar stands close to a stile on the side of a field grazed by sheep on a hill near the edge of the Wye Valley AONB to the south west of Monmouth. It has a metal cap with deep letters and FB S6969. Its foundations are exposed by between six and eight inches. I parked on the grass verge of the minor road to the north and approached across the unoccupied field to the west of the trig. The approach has a fantastic view to the west across lower rolling countryside to the higher mountains on the edge of the Brecon Beacons NP. From the trig this view is partially blocked by the trees and bushes of the field boundary. The tops of the wooded hills beyond Trellech can be seen to the east. Large scale maps label the small fenced area as a covered reservoir.

27th Jun 2010  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

My first new pillar for a long long time.

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26th May 2010  18:50  by Father Ted

FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Verge nice and dry roday so parking no problem. Eventually found the gate people talked about and around field perimeter and over the sort of stile right by the trig. There was a bull staring at me in the field as well as all the sheep. He kept an eye on me while I took my FB photo. There is a strange barbed wire fenced compound between the two fields near the lane. Could not work out what it was.

21st Feb 2009  15:00  by Stevie Boy

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

Parked on verge in lane, very narrow in places.Easy over gate,slightly in view.Bit of a dull spot but views of Brecon Beacons from elsewhere in the field were stunning.Give it a 6 if it were on a ROW.Lovely weather.My 60th pillar

16th Feb 2009  12:00  by Dusty

FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Trigpoint
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5th Jan 2008  11:55  by bluebeard

FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

it had been very wet and the verge in the lane was dodgy

28th Jan 2007  10:20  by The Flying Boots

FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Lovely views from here across to the Black Mountains and The Sugar Loaf. Hopped over gate to the NW and walked through the sheep field.

Mrs F.B. at the trig. ©The Flying Boots

7th Jul 2006  20:40  by SidAndBob

FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

The sheep were going nuts as we crossed the field, but we saw nobody. Sun setting behind the black mountains. Bob was very tempted to round up the sheep.

Bob stuck on the wrong side of the fence There's a stile by the trig, so don't worry about getting the right field.©SidAndBob

4th Mar 2006  12:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked on the lane and approached through gate to the north-west. Buzzards and ravens doing their courtship flights overhead. Plug with heavily indented lettering.

28th Jan 2006  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

vgc, metal cap deep letters, W edge of pasture by fence, nice view

7th Jan 2006  13:40  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SO 47500 05550   FB Number: S6969  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy access off lane ,across 1 field.In sight but no problems.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

19th Feb 2005  15:30  by desperate dan

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

Scamper across field from lane to north to access pillar. Panoramic views to north and west, including Black Mountains. Base is very eroded.