Logged Visits:

30th Mar 2024  18:46  by Maggs

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

Plenty of parking, even on a bank Holiday weekend. Great views of the Clyde and a very easy flat circular walk. Trig is easy to find and appears that someone has maintained it to a degree.

15th Mar 2024  21:22  by skay87

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

Easy walk from car park, bus stop or train. Lots of interest including lovely views over the river Clyde towards Greenock and Gourock, as well as up towards Helensburgh and the Gareloch. Lots of wildlife too - I spotted Teals, Wigeons, Shelducks, Curlews and some others.

26th Dec 2023  13:50  by hollydevine

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Easy to access. Walked clockwise around peninsula and trig is just beside the path on the sea side. The gorse around it has been cleared. It’s in a fantastic location beside the beach.

31st Aug 2023  16:13  by G6WTM

Gridref: NS 31349 78834   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Mrs WTM and I walked clockwise around the peninsula from the car park. Great views of the estuary, landscape and wildlife. I also tried to find the benchmarking rivet at NS 3176 7829. Think I found the referenced stone after some digging but it was completely covered in brambles and I couldn't locate the rivet.

13th Apr 2023  12:48  by alright_dave

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Walked down from the main road and round the island path. Trig is easily found right on the path on the far side of the island. Nice views of Ben Lomond today.

Ardmore

9th Apr 2023  11:20  by WeirdWifie

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

19th Aug 2022  14:02  by Andy West

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

10th Apr 2022  14:00  by Ang_argyll

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

©Ang_argyll

12th Mar 2022  10:11  by Machyde23

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

18th Nov 2021  14:07  by great owl running

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

31st Jul 2021  20:16  by KevP

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Anti clockwise circular walk from car park. Detour to visit cave. All good. Pruning team have kept pillar clear from undergrowth.

1st May 2021  12:24  by RoslynClimbsHills

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

11th Apr 2021  07:24  by fergie

Gridref: NS 31345 78836   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked in the carpark and walked anti clockwise finding the pillar amongst the gorse which is encroaching rapidly. Pillar in good condition but OS cap missing Track round the peninsula is very boggy in some places

Ardmore
Ardmore 11506

21st Nov 2020  14:11  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked in the car park and followed the path around to the trig. VERY wet and boggy in places.

14th Oct 2020  11:20  by AFWFCL16

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

9th Sep 2020  13:00  by weekender

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

7th Jul 2020  20:39  by Scotbrain

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

30th Apr 2020  10:45  by mazmccallum

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

26th Dec 2019  00:00  by Waldobill

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

17th Sep 2019  15:53  by pickle

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

12th Sep 2019  15:04  by tp-stm

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

PA Definitely exists. Flush bracket only the 1506 clear. It is surrounded on the seaward side by gorse and brambles. A second entry for this pillar suggests it is at Greenock which is across the Clyde and should be deleted.

I see no Ships! ©tp-stm

18th Aug 2019  10:01  by Particle

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

Easily found next to path. Very wet paths.

25th Jun 2019  16:12  by asbown

Gridref: NS 31349 78833   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Lovely little walk.

25th Jun 2019  16:12  by The reluctant trigger

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

1st Jun 2019  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NS 31351 78829   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Its about 30m north of mapped position, in a clearing, on sea side of path

21st Sep 2018  16:08  by joeythecat

Gridref: NS 31348 78835   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

15th May 2018  20:07  by DauntlessNinja

Gridref: NS 31347 78833   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Could hardly find it hidden away in the growth!

Trig ©DauntlessNinja

25th Aug 2017  15:30  by dugswell2

FB Number: 11506   Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Damp and grey afternoon.

12th Jan 2017  22:47  by pricklyangelduo

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

28th Feb 2016  12:18  by Aqueously90

Gridref: NS 31348 78826   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Log #293. Enjoyable walk anti-clockwise from parking area. Detour on way back to visit the small cave marked on the 1:25k. Got a friendly warning on the way back to the car for walking along the 'private' road, so if going to the cave, make your way back to the path around the perimeter. [ExP-215/MiP-21/Rev-2/BM-16/IS-30/Other-9]

Pillar
FB
Missing cap
Cave and snowdrops

29th Dec 2015  14:45  by Ham Mathieson

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Easy trig to find, at side of path. Looks like it has been painted in last year.

©Ham Mathieson

15th Feb 2015  14:49  by FionaCH

Gridref: NS 31348 78836   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

What a fantastic place for a walk - saw this trig on the way round so had to log it!

Ardmore trig

1st Aug 2014  09:53  by gerryu2

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

I was doing the circular walk to get the earthcache answers and bumped into this trig on the way. Nice one.

27th Jun 2014  15:15  by tim747

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

22nd May 2014  12:45  by South Oxon Stone

Gridref: NS 31350 78833   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Great view of water and mountains

Ardmore View

23rd Mar 2014  15:00  by Quadbarrel

Gridref: NS 31350 78833   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Well I am pleased to report that the gorse has gone (seen the previous photos) and there is now an excellent view from this particularly accessible trig. Cracking views with very clear air and snow capped hills on the day we visited. Rare visit for all the QBs!

Flush Bracket
Circular Plate
No gorse round here......
The QB clan! ©Quadbarrel
Master QB taking a break! ©Quadbarrel

31st Aug 2013  13:00  by RandomPrecision

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Stumbled upon this one. Failed to notice it on local maps and so a pleasant surprise while out walking for the first time around Ardmore. None of the previously logged problems with gorse etc, Trig is now well exposed and easy to reach.

12th Jun 2011  15:00  by andyc

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Went round clockwise just for fun. Trig is now fairly accessible although quite well hidden.

22nd Apr 2011  12:15  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NS 31347 78837   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Anti clockwise trig on right ,covered in gorse

©Mickandkim

11th Feb 2011  12:00  by Johnoneill1916

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

Anti clockwise would be much easier to find and as was said eariler, it is on the sea side of path not the land side as the map show. Circular path were soft and wet underfoot at parts :-)

13th Aug 2010  17:00  by Sandman

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

©Sandman

13th Aug 2010  15:30  by Border Peat

Gridref: NS 31348 78838   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

nice walk around headland with good views,shortest route to trig turn right from car park

well hidden 11506©Border Peat
11506©Border Peat

28th May 2010  13:04  by coinea

Gridref: NS 31350 78831   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Had read previous logs so went equipped to do some gorse pruning before photography.

11506 Ardmore.

20th Feb 2010  15:00  by descarte1

Gridref: NS 31346 78833   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Very good condition pillar just above sea level on the Ardmore peninsula. Easy to get at from nearby car parking with a lovely walk. Easy, until the last few metres, which are totally gorse-ridden. The trig is now completely enclosed except from a very narrow (and spiky) path to it. Managed to squeeze in (with swearing) to get an FB pic and establish the sightholes, but another year will probably have this pillar unreachable! FB faces north-ish, east-ish and west-ish sightholes are open. Cap is missing and the hole is unplugged. Lovely views away from the gorse!

Ardmore Pillar Ardmore pillar disappearing into the gorse...in February!

20th Feb 2010  14:59  by pog

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

17th Oct 2009  14:26  by Fester

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

What a difference 2 months makes since the last visit..quite hard to see.Kevlar suit required for the flush bracket pic..

©Fester
©Fester

9th Aug 2009  17:54  by SlainteJimmy

Gridref: NS 31353 78828   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

The filled cap has been broken, removed and a little bit melted with the SouthEast and NorthWest sights open. The gorse engorgement continues apace, the white paint is cracking and flaking with moss creeping from below. Not much left of the Witches Warning. Very prickly getting in there today - wear something thick! :-)

Ardmore ..prickly. :-(

10th Dec 2008  13:25  by campagvelocet

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

Beware that it is on the water side of the path unlike what is shown on the current explorer map! Only three years after the pillar was a brilliant white (see Rob's photo) it is well on its way back to plain old concrete. The gorse is also swallowing it up again and killing the immediate view. However this small headland is well worth walking around on a clear day though. Views across the water are tremendous and I spotted seals basking today. It might also be interestingly exposed in a winter storm!

18th Jan 2008  14:20  by SlainteJimmy

FB Number: G1592  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

G1592... odd for this one to be missed out.. it's certainly one of 'ours' ! One Helluva "Pillar", on the Riverside with beautiful views of Sunny Port Glasgow-by-the-Sea.

Helensburgh Tourist Information Centre, surely official Ordnance ?

19th Dec 2007  14:35  by SlainteJimmy

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

The grafitti is fading away and the pillar is more overgrown than ever... pretty muddy most of the way round.

12th Apr 2007  15:42  by Team Clova

Gridref: NS 31351 78824   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

Great wee walk around the point. Still need to watch out for those witches though!

©Team Clova

11th Mar 2007  11:42  by agentmancuso

Gridref: NS 31352 78831   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Path very muddy at points, otherwise easy park & find.

26th Dec 2006  14:35  by J33P KN

Gridref: NS 31348 78835   FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Watch out for the witches...!!! Or, so it says.

Co-ords. ©J33P KN

24th Dec 2006  12:00  by philipmc

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

Painted white with "Beware Witches" stenciled in black

27th Dec 2005  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

vgc, broken asphalt plug, beside track, recently painted white & gorse cleared away. Pleasant & popular walk, fine Clydeside views.

Montaged by Jon Rouse ©peregrinus

31st Mar 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Went anti clockwise this time and couldnt miss it - and you would wonder how I could miss it going clockwise !

11506
11506
11506

21st Mar 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 0/10

I foolishly believed that just walking around the path I would be bound to see it. It must be behind/in gorse as I realised I must have gone past it. Will return with 10 digit grid ref.

20th Aug 1997  16:43  by clochandighter

FB Number: 11506  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Tertiary station pillar originally built 6th December 1948 as S5040. It was rebuilt on site in July 1971 as 11506. Two bonus non pillar flush brackets near this one, G4007 and G1592.

11506 FB - Ardmore Flush bracket
G1592 - Helenburgh Tourist Info Centre Wall FB.
11506 - Ardmore with less gorse.