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TP8947 - Turners Monument
 
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Condition :
Good Good condition
OSGB36 Station :
NX99/INT3
Current use :
Historic use :
T:UK waypoint :
TP8947
County :
Dumfries & Galloway
Nearest town :
DUMFRIES

OSGB36 trig archive spreadsheet - IW
Trig NameOriginal NameNew NameEASTINGNORTHINGHEIGHTORDERTYPE OF MARKComputing DateCLASS OF LEVELLINGDate of LevellingLEVELLING DATUMDESTROYED MARK INDICATORCOMMENTS
Turners MonNX99/INT3NX99I003282184.17576965.100.0003MONUMENT01/06/195400

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There are 6 photos for this trigpoint (view album).

This trigpoint:
Is ranked joint 5248th with 78 other trigs (more).
Has a mean score of 5.63/10 (from 19 logged visits)
Was First logged: 28th Oct 2000
Was Last found intact: 27th Nov 2023
Was Last logged: 27th Apr 2024

Of the 19 logged visits,
2 recorded a location and of these....

All were within 4m
The average error was 3m
The closest was 2m

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Selection of photos for this Intersected Station.

Inscription
By Wayne Mac
Monument
By Wayne Mac
The Monument
©jonglew

By agentmancuso

©g4wsb
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Logged Visits:

Not Logged 27th Apr 2024  21:15  by Katrinaandrea89

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


Good condition 27th Nov 2023  00:00  by DeniseMc

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

also pivot or old trig on horizontal stone at W side/corner of tower. Fascinating history -https://www.dunscore.org.uk/items-of-interest/johnnie-turner/


Good condition 12th Mar 2022  18:05  by peregrinus

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

Settled for view from road to E and SE today, late pm. Climbed the Marilyn 23/10/99


Not Logged 5th Feb 2022  21:48  by Katrinaandrea89

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


Good condition 5th Dec 2021  11:45  by Wayne Mac

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

Excellent viewpoint. Straight up from the road and then on to Craigelwhan

Monument
Inscription


Not Logged 25th Mar 2021  15:04  by kimadamson

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


Good condition 12th Jan 2021  11:34  by jonglew

Gridref: NX 82185 76969   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Sited at the top of the Bennan hill. Good drivable track leading up from NX 8264 7567 to NX 8226 7661, then a grassy track for last 400m. Monument to John Turner, an itinerant maker of horn cutlery, who died 1841, he predicted his own death and paid for the monument and inscription before he died.

The Monument TP8947©jonglew


Not Logged 24th Jul 2019  11:04  by Jillb73

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


Not Logged 5th Jul 2019  03:06  by Fellmonkie

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


Good condition 25th Mar 2018  00:00  by rupertal

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


Good condition 28th May 2017  12:43  by agentmancuso

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

From SE along invisible Core Path, on to Craigelwhan.


Good condition 9th Nov 2014  12:33  by Robert Phillips

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


Not Logged 9th Apr 2014  16:00  by RichTea

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


Good condition 15th Oct 2013  15:15  by descarte1

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


Good condition 5th Jan 2012  12:00  by CJO

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

marilyn in the mist


Good condition 23rd May 2010  13:16  by g4wsb

Gridref: NX 82185 76967   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

©g4wsb
©g4wsb


Good condition 13th Feb 2010  12:20  by dugswell2

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

Parked past the pink Glen Farm on left below small conifer clump on right then thro' 2 gates then NW to summit over easy grass and occasional heather. 3rd M of morning during detour from Preston to Lanark.


Good condition 26th Jul 2008  00:00  by Sprog

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


Good condition 28th Oct 2000  13:10  by arranc

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

marilyn - bennan



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