TP4832 - Millbank

Grid reference :	SE 26170 19212
Type :	Pillar
Condition :	Good
Flush Bracket Number :	10693
Current use :	none
Historic use :	Secondary
Waypoint :	TP4832
County :	West Yorkshire
Nearest town :	DEWSBURY

Nearby trigpoints, placenames, caches. There are 24 photos for this trigpoint (view album). This trigpoint: Is ranked joint 5184th with 38 other trigs (more). Has a mean score of 5.05/10 (from 22 logged visits) Was First logged: 15th Apr 2003 Was Last logged: 4th Jul 2010 Of the 22 logged visits, 4 recorded a location and of these.... All were within 71m The average error was 19m 1 was exact	[Zoom In/Out] [Hide Labels] [Hide Caches]
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Selection of photos for this Pillar. ©T'riggers By Rachel-C By wrose By wrose By MAC.HAWK By John Riley By John Riley See 17 more in the album.

Logged Visits:

4th Jul 2010  18:00  by davey and emsy

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Stood on railway bridge facing north, went through gate and right, walked straight ahead, trig is at top left corner of a field hidden from view.

18th Jun 2010  16:20  by T'riggers

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

Should have read other peoples logs first. Gained access to the old railway line and then spent ages \"dicking about\" (as Pete Boggs would say) in the undergrowth till i stumbled across it

Millbank ©T'riggers

30th Jan 2010  14:13  by Rachel-C

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

1st Jan 2010  10:13  by melch

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

1st Jan 2010  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SE 26170 19212   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

21st Oct 2009  13:10  by wanderer

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

21st Dec 2008  11:14  by wrose

Gridref: SE 26169 19214   FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Visible and reasonably accessible. I approached from the southern side canal path to the north of the Kirklees Way, climbed onto the old railway at the side of the bridge. From here the pillar is visible but a steep bank needs to be climbed and descended to the promintory on which the pillar stands but at least you end up on the right side of the barbed wire. Pillar in good condition but looks somewhat forlorn and unkempt with its covering of moss. Plug has indented lettering. Take care to avoid falling off the rock cliffs just beyond!

10693 Millbank Pillar - somewhat forlorn and unkempt.
10693 Millbank Plug.
10693 Millbank Flush Bracket

11th Dec 2008  15:35  by PDB

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

My first Trig. wandering round hedgerows aged 7 circa 1967. drove down to old r/way bridge. 30 yds to trig. Watch drop to right! Track down is pretty muddy but hardcore underneath (last seen 20 years ago !)

18th Aug 2008  14:50  by splash

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Unknown  Score: 7/10

Interesting to get to. I first followed the Kirklees way to the old railway bridge, thought it would be not far form the opposite side of the field. To make sure I retraced my steps and followed the footpath down to the canal and up onto the old railway. After a short pull up a banking I found the trig right where I had expected it to be.

15th Jul 2008  19:43  by barnsley skip

Gridref: SE 26169 19216   FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

21st Apr 2007  14:15  by PhilPamAndRob

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Drove to within 100m and walked the last bit. Just be careful not to set back, theres bit drops around here

Trig Pillar from one side ©PhilPamAndRob
Trig Pillar from other side ©PhilPamAndRob
Trig Plaque ©PhilPamAndRob

11th Nov 2006  23:20  by Pyoung1s

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

29th May 2006  14:00  by SUE-C

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

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3rd Aug 2005  17:30  by MAC.HAWK

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

The last of of a 22 mile trigathon hike from Ravensthorpe to Dewsbury Rly Stations. Came along the Kirklees Way from Thornhill Edge. Not visible from the bridleway but after crossing the bridge over the old railway line turn immediately left through the metal gate and follow the field edge, at the corner youll find the trig (almost hidden behind the hawthorn bush). I had to roll under the barbed wire to physically tig the trig today. As John says theres little room to manoevre, theres a very steep drop to the old rly line. Good views to Ossett. Revisited 29/05/2006. And again 18/05/2009.

Millbank
Millbank The trig with the Hawthorn in flower.

12th Jun 2005  11:23  by John Riley

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Nicely tucked away in the foliage at the top of a hellish drop into the old railway cutting. I didn't realise the danger at first as I stepped back to take one of the photos but looked round just in time. Nice quiet area for a walk on a sunny Sunday.

Millbank First view of trig hidden behind tree.
Millbank Close up of trig.
Millbank Flush bracket.
Millbank Looking NE towards the valley bottom.

14th Mar 2005  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

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13th Jan 2005  12:07  by manonabike

Gridref: SE 26100 19200   FB Number: 10693  Condition: Unknown  Score: 5/10

2nd Jan 2005  11:10  by mickandshane

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

You can drive down from the B6117 to opposite the field entrance if you so wish. It seems a strange place to put a trig and the FB no suggests it was a later build. Plug with indented lettering.

5th Jun 2004  17:30  by ted

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

At the top edge of railway cutting. FB faces into hedge. Industrial landscape. [16 October 2004, 10:35] Passing by so revisited; still there - plastic plug, moss growing on pillar. Close to a track but not visible from there.

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benchmark on wall of Dewsbury Minster, not far away.

7th Feb 2004  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: _10693  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc; metal cap shallow letters; N edge of rly cutting 50m W of bridge

1st May 2003  09:07  by Morseman

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Reasonably easy to get to, provided you take the right path! I ended up crossong the canal, and climbing a couple of steep banks because I believed the map! The return journey to the car was much easier. Another FB number with no "S" before it. See photos.

10693 (no "S") ©Morseman
10693 FB ©Morseman
View from 10693 ©Morseman
Another view from 10693 ©Morseman

15th Apr 2003  21:56  by MikeG

FB Number: 10693  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

Still there, nestling under a bush a the top of the former railway cutting. A bit dilapidated and in need of a coat of paint ... beware steep drop to NW of trig! GPSr gave coordinates as near as to above, elevation as 160ft