Field Visit

Date 14 April 2017

Event ID 1020799

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1020799

This redundant concrete OS triangulation pillar stands on a concrete base on top of a prehistoric cairn on the summit of King’s Seat. It measures 0.62m square at foot, tapering to 0.37m square at the top at a height of 1.21m. The corners of the pillar are chamfered and the top is flat. A brass flush bracket on the S face bears the legend ‘OS BM S1619’: the top of the pillar houses a brass bracket and hoops that were once used to secure a theodolite.

Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (JRS) 14 April 2017.