Logged Visits:

17th Jan 2025  08:38  by JoeNTMY

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

17th Aug 2024  12:40  by x333xxx

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

Use LH gate from parking place on Cuckoo Lane. The latch may be covered in brambles! It was until I whacked them out of the way. If you have a dog with you beware of slurry heap in close proximity to trig pillar. I realised too late … 😷

Oooh, what have we here then?
Beware slurry dump close to trig pillar! Need I say more? /:)
Hide and seek trig The trig is hiding beside some shrink wrapped hay bales.
This gate is NOT padlocked! latch to left may be obscured brambles!

23rd Jul 2024  16:39  by slateloose

Gridref: ST 77700 05500   FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Parked in entrance drive to mast (east) Cuckoo lane. Took gate to right and walked the field boundary to trig, which is in over a fence in a hay storage yard.

29th May 2024  13:40  by owentheotter

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Nice trig. Accessed from the other side of the barbed wire. The trig is mostly in good condition, albeit missing it's cap. Nice views from here.

17th Nov 2023  14:10  by TrigJS

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

Met the farmer (or one of their team) at the gate to the radio mast who denied my access. Some kind of event ongoing. Maybe a shoot, hunt or something similar.

TP1758 As close as I got to the pillar.

21st Aug 2023  13:00  by Yakky58

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Parked by the single mast on the south side. Conveniently the gate was open to the right so wandered in an saw the trig on the other side of the barbed wire. The gate at the end of the field was open so walked around to the trig. Looking a bit sad and dilapidated. Cap missing.

©Yakky58

11th Aug 2023  11:55  by andyrandom

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Accessed from entrance to MOD compound. Sheep in field to left; low (i.e. easily crossable) electric fence sections off the trig and the bales stacked alongside the fence before it. Gate at far end of barbed wire fence means trig can also be accessed from the field to the right with little difficulty. Trig in good condition, but doesn't have much of a view.

5th Aug 2023  12:39  by DeniseMc

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

Fence line between aerials. Parking on verge to east. Through woods. Good views. Not at HP.

24th Jul 2023  09:07  by CJO

Gridref: ST 77767 05581   FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Cap missing. In very wet grass.

Pillar

1st May 2023  16:59  by MorrisD45

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

18th Mar 2023  16:30  by Sarah_C

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Solo

My mood ©Sarah_C

26th Feb 2023  11:15  by Yearnski

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

Our very 1st TP!!!! Bit of a hunt around behind bales but very happy to find it Good views albeit a little restricted by bales, mast and some copice. Just another 102 to find in Dorset!!

18th Feb 2023  09:50  by Trigger monster

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Pulled in at entrance to mast compound on west side of barrow. Walked around gate into field and behind mast compound, about a hundred metres south east of the mast. Hidden by bales on the approach. Location slightly spoiled by piles of straw bales wrapped in plastic. A bit drizzly at the time so not much of a view apart from masts to west and south east and bales of straw. Interesting that the FB has not been defaced by the usual culprit, yet. Thank you to Pete the trig hunter for information about the history of this TP.

Bulbarrow Flush plate
Bulbarrow South east
Bulbarrow North west
Bulbarrow West

17th Oct 2022  07:40  by Adeowen

Gridref: ST 77770 05576   FB Number: S1506  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Good views. Trig looks very old and weathered. Possibly trespassing to gain access.

good views

18th Sep 2022  12:35  by geodruth

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

Trig©geodruth

1st Sep 2022  12:36  by fasgadh

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Visited by bike when following the downs from Salisbury to Yeovil. Followed up with a fast descent to the excellent Fox in Anstey. Third trig pillar of the day after Win Green and Shillingstone The spider plate had been stolen since 2012.

Bulbarrow ©fasgadh
Bulbarrow ©fasgadh

30th Mar 2022  10:39  by Susie B

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Accessed through open gateway to west off lane. Incorporated into a lovely walk via Woolland and Ibberton.

©Susie B

2nd Dec 2021  20:41  by Trigobsession

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

3rd Nov 2021  10:00  by Pete the Trig Hunter

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

The slightly sad appearance of this trig point behind a fence and surrounded by bales belies its true glory. Bulbarrow is the third highest point in Dorset and this is one of the primary trigs meaning it is one of the 310 first trigs set up in 1936 as the primary grid of the UK. Bulbarrow was also used as one of the spots for the Principal Triangles in the very first Trigonometrical Survey in 1798. Some of the lengthy views it has are now obscured, but it is an important point in the grand history of mapmaking!

25th Jun 2021  10:00  by Loswalks

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

24th Jun 2021  12:50  by tim747

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

26th Jul 2020  13:30  by bwm

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Multi gates route. Flushed out female roe deer near summit

14th Jul 2020  10:00  by Enfieldrover

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Climbed over gates (with no entry sign!) and through brambles but found the trig. Go very wet in the process. Cap now missing but otherwise in good nick.

13th Apr 2020  18:20  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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

Cycled the triangle twice trying to find the best point for entry. In the end I climbed a gate to the west and skirted the field. Trig was on the other side of a barbed wire fence. I didn't see any MOD signs but was clear the land owner didn't want people there.

23rd Aug 2019  06:34  by vegibagger

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

25th Feb 2018  12:21  by Tonyht

Gridref: ST 77772 05582   FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Disappointing. Plenty of barbed wire fences, locked gates and warnings of CCTV and MOD danger signs, but on a quiet Sunday afternoon I decide to risk all and take a look. Eventually found it half hidden by bales of silage with no real views and not much going for it. However the views from the nearby escarpment are very good and were a real bonus, making the trip worth while.

22nd Feb 2018  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: ST 77773 05580   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

HuMP to east

8th May 2017  15:00  by Wubbleyew

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Approached this one from the road to the north by Woolland Hill where there was a most spectacular array of bluebells, through a prickly hedge, then up through a lush grassy field straight to the pillar. Pillar has its cap, & one s/h open.

5th Aug 2016  00:00  by Sprog

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

27th Mar 2015  11:28  by trigging on an island

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Managed to pick up a S1506-S1508 primaries sequence on this trip down south (also including Pilsdon and Stinchcombe). Good trigging!

27th Mar 2015  11:00  by dugswell2

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Walked passed it to bag the HuMP with Alex but then returned to bag it while Smudge waited by the car.

14th Jun 2014  11:33  by dal

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Behind radio masts.

5th Sep 2013  09:09  by Trigger happy

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

8th Jan 2013  11:00  by Nekyram

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

6th Oct 2012  12:25  by pork_pie_hat

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

After a stormy night, set out to walk to Copse House but couldn't go that way due to flooded lanes. Decided to go to Bulbarrow instead. Found the TP behind a wall of plastic covered bales. In vgc overall. Posted a photo looking roughly east, since no-one else has. Mist was rising off the ploughed field in the sunshine. Enjoyed a picnic near the car park on Woolland Hill (recommended).

TP Bulbarrow The trig point looking east
Bulbarrow TP Shows the spider in good condition

5th Oct 2012  11:15  by G4OWG

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

Visited during HEMA (Humps excluding Marilyns) Amateur Radio activation of Bulbarrow Hill Good views :-)

17th Jun 2012  16:25  by cmb1953

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

4th Jun 2012  15:40  by jonglew

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked in the Woolland Hill nature reserve car park to walk over Bulbarrow and Lyscombe Hills, both HuMPs. Pleasant 10 mile trog through some picturesque country, we picked up Bulbarrow Hill and its trig on the return leg. A small trespass required past the comms masts and over a fence. We approached from the west so the large stack of silage bales didn't obscure the trig for us.

Pillar TP1758©jonglew

25th Nov 2011  14:25  by asbown

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

easy parking near the mast.

30th Aug 2010  14:51  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

4th Oct 2008  17:15  by Trigger

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

18th Jan 2008  14:20  by bluebeard

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

tp hidden behind square bales

26th Sep 2007  12:45  by PHMB

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Situated in a field with two radio pylons nearby. Views somewhat limited due to large quantity of straw bales. Retains plug.

20th Sep 2007  11:18  by rob godrer coed

FB Number: S1758  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Bulbarrow Hill Trig Point
Bulbarrow Hill Trig Point flush bracket

10th Sep 2007  13:06  by tom

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

The pillar has a metal plug with indented lettering and FB S1506; it is sited between a stack of green plastic shrink wrapped bales and a fence on the flat summit of the hill, close to several transmitters. Limited views of the Dorset Downs and the Blackmore Vale; but not as good as the exceptional views from the car parks on the Ridgeway, a little to the northeast.

9th Apr 2007  14:45  by Frenziedfrog

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 3/10

Seen from a distance ? on private land

16th Apr 2006  10:59  by Glaslyn

Gridref: ST 77770 05570   FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Accessed by aerials,horse field.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

7th Feb 2006  14:51  by doigi

Gridref: ST 77772 05588   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

26th Sep 2005  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc except fine surface cracking, unclear whether to pillar or paint, weedy field next to arable & behind MoD mast. Helicopter flew over me on S1506 and again on next trig S5938 ! SubMarilyn, revisited Sep05 for number & details.

Montaged by J Rouse ©peregrinus

9th Jul 2005  15:50  by Managra

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Once painted white and nestling against a barbed wire fence between two masts. Nice views approaching the trig. Metal plug with lightly indented lettering.

Trigpoint ©Managra
Flush bracket ©Managra

15th Jun 2005  13:04  by barryhunter

Gridref: ST 77771 05582   FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Bit cracked and battered but basicially in good condition, still has engraved lettering plug. reasonable views (but better down the road a bit without masts in the way!), looks like the field is used by horses.

4th Jun 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

S1506
S1506
S1506

24th Feb 2004  13:15  by maurice

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

30th Jun 2001  12:00  by peregrinus

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

No details noted - rather ordinary summit, wide view

27th May 2000  13:29  by Bateleurs

Gridref: ST 77770 05577   FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked just below summit and walked down along the Wessex Ridgeway to just before Crockers farm. Ascended by same route and entered field with trig from Radio Mast access track.

18th Sep 1999  13:29  by senrabyar

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

16th Jul 1999  10:13  by jamesleesaunders

Gridref: ST 77770 05576   FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Visited as Part of the South Downs Challenge with Joe Barnes. (7 of 38)

Bulbarrow Trig ©jamesleesaunders

25th Oct 1998  15:11  by arranc

Gridref: ST 77700 05500   FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

10th Feb 1996  00:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: S1506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Painted white,impressive mast.Plug with heavily indented lettering.

7th Jun 1965  00:00  by gowrie

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