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23rd Mar 2025  11:55  by Trigger monster

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

Parked in small car park to east of hill . Gentle climb to top where monument located. Unfortunately didn’t realise there was a bolt until reading other logs on here afterwards. Excellent views all around although a bit hazy at the time. Monument in memory of the first wife of the one time leader of the Liberal Party and MP for the area, Jeremy Thorpe.

Codden Hill Monument
Codden Hill Inscription on monument
Codden Hill Inscription at base of monument saying it was dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of Crediton in 1971

18th Mar 2024  10:30  by DanTrig

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 8/10

Nice walk along ridge from village to the west of hill. Great views from the top across Devon from Dartmoor to Exmoor and Lundy. Shame the trig has been gone years!

19th Dec 2023  14:53  by CJO

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Pillar gone but 1”bolt in the cobbles surrounding the monument remains

Monument
Bolt
Bolt in cobbles

11th Nov 2021  10:18  by jonglew

Gridref: SS 58240 29565   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Roadside parking opposite quarry entrance to S. Up through quarry NW to pick up farm track which veers NE. OS lists 3 components: Pillar - destroyed; Bolt - good; and Monument - good.

Bolt location and Monument base TP2320©jonglew
Bolt TP2320©jonglew

3rd Sep 2021  14:34  by BarryHorton

Gridref: SS 58239 29562   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Converted  Score: 5/10

A replacement. ©BarryHorton

30th Apr 2016  12:45  by pkbathrooms

Gridref: SS 58239 29564   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 7/10

A lovely warm day and visited with Brisboy and wife. The obelisk commemorates Caroline Thorpe, wife of former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe. Caroline Thorpe was killed in a road accident in 1970.

21st Jun 2014  10:43  by MisterC

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 8/10

Stunning views on a day like this.

13th Aug 2013  16:00  by Oldjet

Gridref: SS 58242 29572   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 5/10

New pillar was not there been replaced by monument, found pin but not centre. stunning views.

the pin

21st Mar 2012  11:30  by dugswell2

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A super little hill, 189m P62, Clem-Yeaman qualifying on distance. Also ex trig pillar now a Bolt :-). I was visiting a local farm to do a TB DRF, stunning weather for March.

15th Sep 2011  13:44  by peregrinus

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Replacement bolt is c. 0.4m in from outer ring, ESE from centre. No trace of original trig base. Lovely spot on a sunny day, car park to E

Bolt
Bolt in context
Monument Bolt is in front R quadrant

11th Sep 2011  17:14  by myacheinbones

FB Number: NONE  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 5/10

i drove past this hill in the lorry and decided there must be a trigpoint up there, i did'nt look it up on the map because i had'nt got that particular one, so we just went up to have a look, after a steep walk we found the monument to jeremy thorpes wife but no sign of a trig. when we got home i looked on the web site only to find it should have been there but is now missing

27th Apr 2011  09:27  by Glaslyn

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former site of pillar©Glaslyn

2nd Jan 2011  13:30  by brisboy&wife

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Good views,initial search could not find bolt. Sure we'll be back in the future,great place for walking the dogs. Revisit on 23/3/16 with Dusty & Bolt easily spotted

Mrs Brisboy@monument

20th Mar 2010  08:07  by peregrinus

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Non-(re)visit log: there is supposed to be a Bolt there, at 258240.906, 129563.313 according to the OS trig archive, also a Centre (presumably the centre of the monument) at 258238.547 129564.359 Sounds like the Bolt is 2.58m ESE of the centre of the monument, but is a new bolt not the old trig base (which was at 258238.984 129563.898, i.e. 0.63m SE of centre of monument). Judging by the size of the monument it will have put paid to any trace of trig / base.

18th Mar 2010  15:35  by Dusty

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Pillar gone. Intersection & Bolt remain. The monument, seat and it's lettering all designed by Clough Williams-Ellis the creator of Portmeirion in North Wales. Caroline Allpass was the daughter of Warwick Allpass and Marcell William who married Jeremy Thorpe and died in July 1970 in a car accident in Basingstoke. Bolt also SS72/T112 at this location.

Monument (Centre)
Centre
Bolt (taken 21/03/16)
Tanya & monument (21/03/16)

4th May 2009  11:06  by Glaslyn

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

In the area! Worth a visit for the location.

17th Apr 2009  09:40  by Lathama

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 8/10

Again, I knew it wasn't there but the thought of the view from the monument was irresistable on such a lovely morning - and so it proved. Impressing monument on, presumably, the spot where the pillar once was. Great spot!

10th Dec 2008  12:20  by bluebeard

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14th Mar 2008  10:35  by Managra

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Replaced by a memorial to Caroline Thorpe. Lovely views. OS list the FB as S5317

©Managra
©Managra

16th Sep 2005  19:35  by lackofluke

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 9/10

There's a monument at the top of the hill, but no sign of the trig. According to an inscription on the base of the monument, it's 629 feet up. Excellent views all around, of Barnstaple, Landkey, Dartmoor, Hartland Point, Lundy and (dare I say it) a disused quarry! I parked in a layby on the road south of the hill and headed up via a permissive path opposite the road down to Horswell Farm.

The monument at the summit

18th Jun 2005  16:00  by mickandshane

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We new the trig wouldn't be there but fancied the walk up this fine hill. Contrary to what Hollowig says there is a very good track from the east opposite the minor road that goes to Downrew Farm. The trig has been replaced by a monument to Caroline Thorpe who died in 1970 aged 32. She was the wife of Jeremy Thorpe (ex leader of the Liberal Party) and lived nearby at Cobbaton. It's a fine monument and much visited by locals so right of access is no problem. The monument was erected in 1971, the same year as the trig was destroyed so presumably it was on the same spot. The OS list the FB no as S5317. Excellent views.

5th Apr 2004  15:39  by hollowing

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 4/10

My OS map doesn't have a trig at this location, but ok, we'll accept it's up there - except up there didn't look easy through the gorse ... so I'll never know for sure, unless I go back (or someone else goes up there).

This would keep goats out ! I guess the pillar may be up in that somewhere.

8th Jun 2003  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S5317  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 7/10

monument at summit; no kind of trig found; gone from 25k; not on 1994 LR180 or 1993.OS.db, S5317 Built 1/04/49, destroyed 7/72 [OS]. Pleasant hill fine view. 24/9/08 log updated to include FB number from OS records. OS trig archive record a Bolt and Centre as still present.

1st Aug 2000  15:25  by widget

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I can't be sure of the date, but I dragged the family up here on a Summer's day in 2000 when we lived and worked near Barnstaple. Nice spot. I remember being disappointed that there wasn't a TP!