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9th Nov 2024  14:03  by jonglew

Gridref: NS 29148 18757   FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Roadside parking at cottage by Largs (NS 2900 1786). Farm road, then into sheep pasture. Pillar sits at cliff edge; significant amount of top screed missing and extensive hair fractures across vertical faces. Centre cap missing, tube has an asphalt plug; all sight holes open. Extensive sea- and land-scape views.

Pillar TP1548©jonglew
Spider TP1548©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP1548©jonglew

2nd Oct 2024  17:41  by joeythecat

Gridref: NS 29143 18744   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Bower Hill

12th Mar 2024  17:06  by Hannahrichi3

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

8th Mar 2024  22:11  by Katrinaandrea89

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

Parked at layby on the left of Largs farm (coming from Ayr). Walked up along the track and straight up. no locked gates.

3rd Apr 2023  15:26  by Madam maxwell

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Staying in Craig Tara caravan park, walked down to the beach from here and around the cliff. I took the steep embankment up but actually on the way down I came out further along the rockface. Came out on a grassy open field with a path up onto the hill above.

©Madam maxwell

25th Mar 2023  16:38  by John370

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

The piller is cracked

11th Jan 2023  11:35  by Oldhortus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Parked at Heads of Ayr caravan park. Lady at reception happily gave permission. Straight up from there.

26th Aug 2021  14:36  by Kctrig

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 4/10

Not easy to get too. Cattle in fields close to Heade of Ayr., Parked in beach carpark Ayr and walked along beach past the castle and golf course. Up very steep hill and over fence and up to trig. The trig is slightly damaged. Views good. Took easier route back skirting around edge of field as cattle had moved, took longer than expected.

Lovely views Trig slightly damaged©Kctrig

30th Jun 2019  14:24  by RBBC

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

19th Apr 2019  18:00  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NS 29141 18743   FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Parked at Pub car park then left side to gate came back by right side

28th Aug 2017  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NS 29146 18743   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Thru' Heads of Ayr Farm Park to SE - wouldn't think a good route during "office hours" as thru' theme park and horse paddocks

17th Aug 2017  13:22  by NormanW

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

29th Jul 2017  21:23  by fergie

Gridref: NS 29140 18740   FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Parked at the pub in caravan park and across the fields to The Heads of Ayr, good views and an easy walk

Bower Hill Heads of Ayr
Bower Hill Heads of Ayr
Bower Hill S4361

25th Mar 2017  13:22  by We TRye hard

Gridref: NS 29143 18744   FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Altitude 74m Parked by Largs and walked up the track. Nice easy walk and amazing views over the cliff!

©We TRye hard

1st Feb 2017  21:18  by Robert Phillips

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

12th Sep 2016  17:45  by Chalky

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Asphalt plug.

13th Aug 2016  11:06  by plet56

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

11th Jun 2016  11:49  by gerryu2

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

P150. Sat nav took me into the caravan park and down near the golf course. Cut across golf course and came to a gate with barbed wire around the top. Went over it and up track to field with lamas and goats. Went into this and uphill to the hawthorns and nettles, which I found a way through. Then over fence and through long wet grass to the trig. Quite an experience. Took the same route back.

3rd Jun 2016  13:35  by dugswell2

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

A lovely sunny afternoon bagging the trig after the Heads of Ayr TUMP summit.

22nd May 2016  13:00  by monkeydestructor

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

Drove passed Craig Tara and the farm park and parked in a parking layby. Walked passed the house and followed the farm track down the hill. On open gate led onto the grassy hill and a faint track up. Terrific views of Arran and Ailsa Craig a lovely sunny day.

Bower Hill ©monkeydestructor

13th May 2016  13:06  by Walker Dan

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Walked over the fields to this one from the Heads of Ayr campsite where I left my bike. Trig on edge of cliffs. Cold wind today after a fine and sunny week. Climbed over the fence to get right to it.

23rd Aug 2014  23:14  by garryp383

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

11th Jul 2014  11:00  by Johnoneill1916

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Wee walk in from main road through caravan park and around the cliff line on a 2.5 mile circuit. Good views over Arran and North Ayrshire :-)

1st Jun 2013  11:26  by Bridgeman

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Walking Ayr coastal Path from Glen App to Ayr. This was the fourth day. Fed up with walking over seaweed covered rocks so a good excuse to walk over the Heads of Ayr

Bower Hill Trig Point ©Bridgeman
Bower Hill Trig Point FB ©Bridgeman

27th Apr 2013  17:30  by CJO

Gridref: NS 29140 18734   FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

From caravan park to sw. More good views of Arran and the Brown Carrick pillar on skyline. Installers not worried about coastal erosion here!

S4361

30th Mar 2013  11:09  by clochandighter

Gridref: NS 29146 18738   FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Second visit. For photographs and GPS reading. SITE VISIT: Overall approach from east. Public car park at roadend, NS317193. Parking anywhere nearer would have been a grudged favour or charged for. West along beach to NS293186, WSW along fenceline for ~100m turning NW up steep slope to open grazing field and follow clifftop fenceline to trig. Pillar in fair condition. Spider centre filled with tar. Flush bracket faces south ~189°. All sight holes open, innards blocked with debris. Views include Goat Fell (Arran) and Brown Carrick.

S4361 - Bower Hill & GRP

20th Apr 2012  14:12  by sky high boys

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Down at Ayr today for the horse racing, a few spare hours so putting them to good use. Parked the coach down by the seafront and had a wander about.

3rd Jul 2011  19:55  by Border Peat

Gridref: NS 29148 18740   FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 9/10

Parked at Heads of Ayr c/s walked across fields Beware of Bull sign on gate S4361©Border Peat

1st Feb 2011  12:29  by SlainteJimmy

Gridref: NS 29142 18739   FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

Asphalt cap with terrible cracking all over, the top is wind-chewed on this really exposed pillar and all sights open. Windy, shiny and droppy... this lil feller is on the wrong side of the cliff fence - I do NOT like drops! Made my way (accidentally) as Descartes, avoiding the electrified fencing - the Donkeys are as hairy as Mammoths and I forded the burn as the Llamas went the other direction (some nice snaps).. I returned via Largs Farm track to avoid annoying the beasts. The Farm re-opens on March 26th, so make hay people! Slainte Descartes - I really should read logs ahead but we seem to mind match anyway! :D

Bower Hill ..look out - Llamas crossing! :D

29th Nov 2010  12:25  by descarte1

Gridref: NS 29141 18741   FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

Slightly damaged pillar standing on the cliff edge of the Heads of Ayr. FB faces SE-ish landward. Cap missing but asphalt plug present. All sightholes open with NW/SE hole clear and bolt is visible. The pillar's top screed is cracking badly with other small networks of cracks on the facing. Extremely good views along the Ayrshire coast and across to Arran. Access was extremely easy (maybe a winter thing based on the other logs). Parked at the Farm Park (closed over winter) and walked along the marked road under the disused railway (there's also a cheeky benchmark on that). Follow that track across a field containing some giant donkeys and llamas to the NW corner. Cross a little stream then ascend the hill trending southwards round the prickly stuff. No problem at all. Easy bag!

11th Jun 2010  22:08  by elephantman

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

7th Feb 2010  15:02  by Fester

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Horrendous direct ascent from the beach.

4th Apr 2009  15:00  by dbartle

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Right on top of Heads of Ayr, trek up through thick brambles.

22nd Mar 2009  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Deep cracks in top half; asphalt plug. Clifftop at seaward side of fence, FB facing landward. Pasture.

Top

22nd Oct 2008  13:55  by campagvelocet

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

Potentially good views towards Arran, but today was fairly gloomy. Ascent from somewhere further west than the farm park enables avoidance of the brambles.

10th Jun 2008  19:30  by agentmancuso

Gridref: NS 29143 18741   FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Parked at entrance to Farm park, follow track to golf course, then round edge till gate. A faint path from here takes you nearly all the way, but you'll be savaged by nettles, brambles, thistles & hawthorn on the way. Still, nice setting. Top layer partially gone.

S4361 Bower Hill

7th Jun 2008  16:20  by Sandman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Prickly ascent from farm park

Bower Hill - S4361 ©Sandman

26th Aug 2007  15:32  by rodz

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

YOSM

15th Jul 2007  15:54  by coinea

Gridref: NS 29145 18740   FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

S4361 Bower Hill

23rd May 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

S4361
S4361
S4361
S4361

8th May 1996  13:28  by clochandighter

FB Number: S4361  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Visited to record FB number. HISTORY: Pillar completed 1st December 1947 costing £10.16s.3d. Computed as tertiary triangulation station NS44/T17 in 1950. Levelled for height in 1970. Last maintained by the OS in June 1977. SITE VISIT: Pillar in fair condition. Tar plug in spider. View straight over the cliffs.

S4361FB - Bower Hill Flush Bracket
Diagram of Secondary Block NS44, Ayr & Kilmarnock
Diagram (x2 magnification) Secondary Block NS44