TP5952 - Shirecliffe Gunsite

Grid reference :	SK 34976 89676
Type :	Pillar
Condition :	Definitely missing
Flush Bracket Number :	None
Current use :	none
Historic use :	Secondary
Waypoint :	TP5952
County :	South Yorkshire
Nearest town :	SHEFFIELD

Nearby trigpoints, placenames, caches. There are 4 photos for this trigpoint (view album). This trigpoint: Is ranked joint 7320th with 2 other trigs (more). Has a mean score of 2.56/10 (from 9 logged visits) Was First logged: 13th Jan 2003 Has never been found intact Was Last logged: 5th Jun 2010 Of the 9 logged visits, 1 recorded a location The error was 461m	[Zoom In/Out] [Hide Labels] [Hide Caches]
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Selection of photos for this Pillar. By asbown By ted By ted By Morseman

Logged Visits:

5th Jun 2010  17:45  by craftinessa

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

5th Jun 2010  17:45  by swampysean

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

29th Mar 2009  13:30  by asbown

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

funny how things turn out,I parked in the football car park and walked up to where the trig use to stand,when I got back to the car park the football match had finished and I was about to get locked in,if I had not missed out hill top trig by mistake earlier I would have been in trouble,if you can ignore the tip the views are good.

11th Nov 2008  14:04  by splash

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Definitely missing  Score: 2/10

Parked near a block of flats opposite a park entrance. One of the paths leads up to the view point and an old gun placement, but no trig. The view is some what different.

25th Feb 2007  12:50  by The Plumber

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Definitely missing  Score: 3/10

4th Dec 2006  16:20  by Rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Definitely missing  Score: 3/10

Interesting location and different kind of view. Parked in estate to the N and hopped over gate to open land. base of the gunsite remains but little else of merrit

3rd Jan 2005  13:30  by ted

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

Looked around but no sign of the base. My best guess is that it was close to the view point. Less than scenic views of a municipal rubbish tip with seagulls everywhere. Trigonomy notes "Destroyed 3/73 (OS)". Note added 6 Dec 2005 - GRP reported to Trigonomy that this was S4137.

Cholera Gardens monument This appears on at least two maps (including the current OS 1:25000) with a trig station symbol. The location is just to the East of Sheffield railway station. I don't think there was ever a pillar here -presumably the monument itself was used for triangulation. No sign of any benchmarks or surface markers. Visited 3 Jan 2005 14:45.
Shirecliffe Gunsite OS 1" The Peak District Tourist Map, 1958

7th Feb 2004  12:00  by peregrinus

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

Good viewpoint (apart from rubbish tip) - and Sheffield :-) but no trace of trig. Research at OS HQ by Rod Sladen in 2006 indicates that Shirecliffe Gunsite trig was S4137, then S6755 and finally _2732. All very odd!

13th Jan 2003  09:48  by Morseman

Gridref: SK 34863 90123   FB Number: None  Condition: Definitely missing  Score: 3/10

This was a gun site in WWII and possibly did not have a traditional pillar. Good views over Sheffield, ignoring the council rubbish dump at the base of the hill!

Shirecliffe Gunsite This may have been the Trig Point used by Ordnance Survey instead of a traditional trig point pillar.