Campaigners seeking listed status for two slabs of concrete: 'They’re an institution!'

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Campaigners have launched a bid to secure heritage protection for two concrete pillars that played pivotal roles in mapping Britain's landscape.The Twentieth Century Society has submitted applications to Historic England, seeking listed status for what it considers the "most historically significant trig points in the country".The campaign coincides with a notable milestone, as this week marks exactly 90 years since the very first pillar was erected in Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, on April 18, 1936.Approximately 6,500 of these stone and concrete markers remain scattered across Britain's peaks, hills and high points, although satellite navigation technology rendered them redundant during the 1990s.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say These distinctive 4ft pillars were conceived in 1935 by Brigadier Martin Hotine, a Royal Engineers officer who had served during the First World War.Brig Hotine spearheaded the retriangulation project for the Ordnance Survey, developing a standardised design...

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