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26th Apr 2024  17:25  by TrigJS

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Mast still there. Very impressive when up close to it visiting the nearby pillar.

TP9472 The mast.

13th May 2023  16:12  by Trigger monster

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Logged at same time as adjacent pillar. Double bubble. Impressive engineering feat.

Pen Hill Mast And pillar

7th Sep 2022  14:46  by Thejenkies

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looking good from afar. Bonus: picture includes the intersected station St Thomas Spire as well.

Pen Hill Wireless Mast Picture also includes the nearer St Thomas Church Spire IS©Thejenkies

28th Jul 2022  17:42  by AutomatedAnimal

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©AutomatedAnimal

25th Oct 2020  22:40  by midlife hiking

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Saw this on way back from Ebbor Gorge

1st Aug 2019  19:22  by dean&nova

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misty day....so couldnt really see it

nova at the mendip mast ©dean&nova
creepy wires going to the sky ©dean&nova

10th Sep 2018  10:44  by dugswell2

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Dry.

26th Nov 2017  12:41  by SpookyFish

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The Mendip Transmitter is 591 metres above sea level. It transmits Kiss 101, Heart Somerset and BBC Somerset on FM (analogue radio) as well as all of the Freeview and digital radio channels.

1st Apr 2017  17:27  by Roger Peaple

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13th Sep 2016  11:00  by Meirion

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©Meirion

3rd Apr 2016  17:08  by edfielden

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I feel an affinity for this transmitter, broadcasting to the region as it does the programme I work on! Indeed it's the transmitter I receive my television signals on at home, exactly 43 miles to the NE. Parked up at the roadside of the A39 and walked up the hill to the transmitter compound, visiting the nearby trigpoint at the same time. Great views of the Somerset countryside! Photos to follow...

20th Jun 2015  16:20  by BRISTOLIAN

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Not an easy thing to miss. Found whilst Geocaching in the area.

Pen Hill wireless mast. ©BRISTOLIAN

29th Mar 2015  15:30  by SlainteJimmy

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12th Mar 2015  13:07  by jonglew

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The Mendip Trasmitting Station. Mast erected 1967. In 2010 was reduced in height from 305m to 293m when the analogue antenna was replaced with a digital transmitter.

Wireless Mast TP9472©jonglew
Top Section Detail TP9472©jonglew
Top Section Detail TP9472©jonglew

3rd Dec 2014  14:39  by orion

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Large mast next to Pen hill trig point,you cant really miss it

Pen Hill trig and mast ©orion

24th Aug 2014  14:52  by CJO

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A tall prominent mast, highly protected by razor wire.

Pen Hill Wireless Mast

8th Nov 2012  10:36  by asbown

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going to admit this is a bonus as I did not know this was a intersected station till I sat down to log the pillar.

20th Jun 2012  19:34  by Trigger

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TP9472

7th May 2012  10:20  by Dusty

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Mast
Mast again

5th Jul 2010  17:11  by Griefmiester

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Massive Mast visible for miles - close up when pillar visited next door.

5th Nov 2009  13:15  by cmb1953

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Logged in retrospect. I took a photo of the mast behind Pen Hill Trig.

27th Jun 2007  12:47  by tom

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The trig is a lofty transmitting aerial on the crest of the Mendip Hills to the north of Wells. The mast is 305 metres tall, weighs 500 tonnes and was built in 1967; it is the tallest structure in the South West of England. A replacement antenna assembly is due to be installed in 2008 which will reduce the height to 293 metres. The transmitting station compound was passed on the way to the nearby trig pillar from the layby next to the gateway on the A39 to the east. Pen Hill affords good views; especially over the Somerset Levels to the south.

18th Mar 2007  14:05  by bluebeard

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At night the red light on the top of the mast is visible from my home.