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TP0715 - Loath Hill
Logged Visits:
Parked on Greaves Lane by Robin Hood Way signs. Straight forward access up the hill. Average views.
Short walk just off ROW
Out with my walking group - The Irregulars, LDWA - and our route took us along the path to the east from Oxton. So, the opportunity for me to make the slight detour to this pillar was just too good not to miss. The pillar is in reasonably good condition and still retains an original metal plug. A somewhat enclosed spot to say it is the highest around by woods crops and communication masts.
Walked up from Watchwood – very interesting site with Robin Hood Hill and the lower Oldox Camp an Iron Age fort. Couldn’t work out a circular route back to the car at Gravelly Hollow so returned the same way with only slight deviations. The day was forcast hot and sunny but the wind picked up on the hill and there was some rain on the return leg but it remained hot and muggy.
A late start today after long day yesterday.A beautiful walk from Burton Joyce through Lambley,Epperstone to Oxton.Up bridleway straight to Robin Hood Settlement.Sat on this lump awhile for snack,worth visit for this alone.Over a gate to pillar,which sits near masts.Concrete base exposed lump missing on one corner,OS plaque fitted.Beautiful views on lovely evening after rain has cleared the air but I must be away to Calverton for a bus.
Second trig of the day with my mate Tracker Dog. Good walking N up the hill from Oxton and past the Iron Age settlement and burial mound nearby. Had to do a quick jump over a gate into field as farmer was ploughing. Trig is W of Loath Hill woodland, adjacent to it. Views good all round too despite aerial masts so it deserves high marks.
Passing by so a revisit. Decoy gone, all quiet. Still raining.
This was a strange one! From the footpath, up through open-ish woodland emerging by the masts. There was a rotating gadget next to the trig with two pigeons attached (thankfully not alive!). I then noticed a camouflaged hide with apparently someone asleep inside. Took hasty photos and departed.
on hill-top on private land, readily accessible, near phone mast, at side of corn field. All metal work present but slight to one corner of concrete. OS plate dated July 1999.
trees obstruct views but still a nice spot. walked here from farnsfield[nice]. back in the village i noticed a flush bracket on the church no9052
as below, some damage, decent views.
Previous instructions were spot on. Good View and OS plaque make it worth a "7" rating. My 8th trig point today (A record for me). All metalwork ok.
2 of 9.Up the track,field margin to the left of the wood,past the masts and to the south.First (I think) GPS plaque I have seen.Some undermining.Not much view.Continued south then west beyond the wood downhill to the footpath.Excellent panoramic views from Robin Hood Hill further south.
Easy access from lane to the north via Robin Hood Way then up track to left of wood.
First found the nearby GeoCache, then up the hill by the side of the woods and across to the pillar which is between the conifer woods and an unharvested maize/sunflower field [why do they leave these fields unharvested?]. There is a large chunk of masonry out of the S/W face junctions and it looks as if the pillar has been partly excavated as the concrete base is exposed by about 10-12" all round and there seems to be a large hole underneath it. Original plug with slightly-indented letters. Faint traces of paint. All sightholes open, Anti-vandal plaque on east face. B****y mobile-phone masts adjacent to it - I must start carrying an oxy-aceteline torch. Some views east and north but otherwise blocked by trees.
Next to field of maize and more phone masts.Access easy off lane then Robin Hoods Way,leave just before wood.
metal cap shallow letters, chip out of side SE of mast, edge of arable fld
Overall in very good condition, with plug still in place. Chip out of the edge of west/south faces
Looks like the base has been dug out. Can only see a view in 2 directions. Wood and hill blocking other ways.
Two more mobile phone masts have arrived since previous visits! Pillar has a chip out of one edge, and base is steadily being undermined (by some animal living beneath it, maybe?)
Base of the trig point was all out of the ground - but the rest was in very good condition
Good condition, complete with all metalwork. All 4 sighting holes are open, with clear view through. Views good if the mobile phone masts are ignored. GPS Passive Station with excellent GPS signals (10-12 satellites being received clearly) - a good place to check out your GPSr. My GPSr said that the centre of the plug was 2.73m from the NG co-ordinates that I had programmed, but reckon even this discrepancy is down to to the limitations of the conversion in the GPSr - the WGS84 readings agreed to better than 0.1 second of latitude and longitude.
GPS
My first FBM!! Not hard to find as BT and Orange have put masts close by. The base is standing proud of surrounding ground, so OS might need to carry out repairs soon. Note that the flush bracket number has no alpha-prefix
Another bagging trip, this time the mighty masty Loath Hill. Very muddy approach but easy ascent through pine woods. Pheasant shooting nearby so I did not hang about.
TP by track in arable fld - pleasant scarp slope to W, disappointing summit, arable, highest pt is c.90m S of trig
Plug with indented lettering. |
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2994 Loath Hill
Loath Hill
Loath Hill
Loath Hill
Loath Hill
2994
General View
Top View
Loath Hill trig point
Loath Hill trig point FB
9th Jan 2006 17:26 by 
Montaged by Jon Rouse
Loath Hill
Flush bracket and position
Trig Dog
The Trig Point
Plate re GPS Network
The Letterless Flush Bracket
Loath Hill pillar
Flush Bracket 2994 (no prefix)
Spider and Plug
GPS plaque
Upper Centre viewed through sighting hole