2016

NY1920 : Crag Hill Trig Point

taken 8 years ago, 4 km NNE of Buttermere, Cumbria, England

Crag Hill Trig Point
Crag Hill Trig Point
There’s always been a sense of permanence about Ordnance Survey triangulation points. Man-made clutter on the hills yet viewed upon with some affection. They’ve been immortalised in the drawings of Wainwright and in countless photographs that prove that folks have bagged the summit. So it’s sad when a trig point is no more. And a reminder that they too are subject to the same natural forces as the rest of our fells.

Crag Fell is a 839m peak, not quite the highest point of the Coledale Fells, Grasmoor is a few metres higher but it commands the head of the very straight Coledale Beck making it visible from Braithwaite village and giving clear views of the Skiddaw fells.

The Ordnance Survey surveyors built this trig point from pieces of the flat rock that litter the summit around a 3″ steel pipe. They would only have had to carry up bags of sand and cement. And water too of course for the summit is dry. Although the pipe shows rusting which must have weakened it must have taken some force to actually topple the pillar. More so you would think an Atlantic gale could inflict. Perhaps man had some hand in its destruction which makes it even more sad that mindless vandalism should reach this far into the hills.

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Geographical Context: Geological interest Derelict, Disused Primary Subject: Trig Point other tags: Trig Point Triangulation Pillar Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Summit of Crag Hill [9] · Trig Pillar [8] · Trig Point [8] · Coledale Beck [3] · Topple [3] ·
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NY1920, 69 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mick Garratt   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 27 August, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 3 September, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 1925 2037 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:34.3245N 3:15.0354W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 1922 2033
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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