Trig point returned to Kilmond Scar

Image: © Trevor Littlewood Taken: 26 Jul 2020

Kilmond Scar is an SSSI, a south-facing exposure of upper-Carboniferous limestone. The trig point once stood a short distance to the north-west of where it's pictured here but it was removed as an extensive quarrying operation was expanding to include the land on which it stood. It was recorded on 28 January 2019 as being stored on the quarry premises with the intention of replacing it close to its original location - TrigpointingUK - http://trigpointing.uk/trig/4203. The pillar has obviously been moved from there. It's simply standing on the land; perhaps it will be left that way but it might be reinstalled properly though inevitably, not at the original location. A public footpath runs along the top of the scar but following it is a little tricky in places. The surroundings are varied... rough unkempt vegetation locally, the scar below (to the right in the image), a vast quarry adjacent with a cliff edge close by and the roar of the traffic of the A66 to the north. There's also the view to the south where lies the northern end of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

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