TP7230 - Gourock

Grid reference :	NS 23960 77470
Type :	FBM
Condition :	Good
Current use :	Passive station
Station Number :	H1NS2377
Historic use :	Fundamental Benchmark
Waypoint :	TP7230
County :	Strathclyde Region
Nearest town :	GOUROCK

Nearby trigpoints, placenames  There are 14 photos for this trigpoint (view album). This trigpoint: Is ranked joint 7764th with 40 other trigs (more). Has a mean score of 5.13/10 (from 16 logged visits) Was First logged: 22nd May 2004 Was Last logged: 1st Jun 2013 Of the 16 logged visits, 6 recorded a location and of these.... All were within 28m The average error was 18m The closest was 5m	[Zoom In/Out] [Hide Labels] [Hide Caches]
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Selection of photos for this FBM. By KipClanMan By KipClanMan By Clochandighter By KipClanMan By iainmac See 9 more in the album.

Logged Visits:

1st Jun 2013  13:50  by KipClanMan

Gridref: NS 23976 77494   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Another visit to my local FBM to log its GPS coordinates

NS2397677494 GPS
FBM My local FBM

15th Apr 2013  09:50  by coinea

Gridref: NS 23970 77474   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

15th Apr 2013  09:49  by Clochandighter

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Found with aid of GPS.

Gourock FBM & GRP

9th Mar 2013  14:52  by KipClanMan

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

found in the undergrowth. If it wasnt for a site like this you would never find it or know it was there

FBM found under my own nose after sometime in the bushes
height datum plate missing height plate
july 1999 plate modern ordnance survey info plate

23rd Feb 2011  14:25  by Ronbro

Gridref: NS 23979 77468   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Large rhododendron and old metal fence closely uphill of it.

16th Mar 2010  00:00  by pete37038

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

Plenty of veg' but not difficult to find

24th Jan 2010  16:05  by andyc

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

Hard to find FBM even with previous photos. Thick vegetation even in winter.

28th Nov 2009  11:00  by descarte1

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

Good condition FBM with missing height plaque. Covered in moss, but quite easy to find with current vegetation levels. Iain's pics (the famed "lonely pine") made it easy to locate despite GPS being way out due to tree cover. Nice views (although better from the top of the hill....)

28th Nov 2009  11:00  by pog

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

12th Jul 2009  12:00  by peregrinus

Gridref: NS 23973 77485   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

2nd time lucky, found easily using Iainmac pics although I only had a rough GR with me. Just inside felled fenced area - 1m NW of S corner. Was covered by bracken: trod on it. GPS was reading to 10m due to nearby tree cover, average of 3 readings (within +/-1m of each other) was NS 23973 77485.

29th Mar 2009  11:13  by SlainteJimmy

Gridref: NS 23984 77484   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Revisit during Royal Wedding 29-4-11 Up from my Pal Alans back garden.. very thorny this time o year! No height tag and covered in moss with the original ORDNANCE SURVEY BENCHMARK plaque opposite the 1999 one. Luvly view halfed by Iains lonesome pine... a nice marker to help find the cute wee beastie! :)

Gourock ...mossy :)
Gourock ..my Pal Al\'s first FBM (just uphill from his garden) :D

23rd Feb 2009  09:40  by campagvelocet

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 4/10

Found it first time. Not in undergrowth at present (winter) and relatively easy to locate thanks to the fencing and lone pine in iainmac's photos.

17th Aug 2008  13:34  by ZanderH

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

17th Aug 2008  13:33  by agentmancuso

Gridref: NS 23962 77475   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Found at second attempt, with OS sketch, not without some difficulty. GPS plate, blank height tab. See from the photos what it looked like before and after pruning. Was actually announcing to my son - This sketch doesn't make any sense - when I put my foot down on a log - which wasn't a log, but the FBM, totally covered with ivy & brambles. How we laughed...

Gourock FBM
Gourock FBM Yes, it is in there!

2nd Sep 2005  18:20  by fasgadh

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

Spent a lot of time in the rhododendrons and felled bits, and must have almost tripped over it. But i missed.

22nd May 2004  12:00  by iainmac

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

Tricky to find.

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