In reply to Mark Kemball:
There's something reassuring and traditional in UK hillwalking that makes a trig point a reassuring sight, but I'd not be averse to them disappearing. I'd probably rather they stayed though. Strange to think this way really, as I hate all the crosses, plinths, clutter etc on foreign summits, but have never once resented a lump of ugly concrete!
> Slightly of topic, but is there a record set for the greatest number of people standing on a trig point simultaneously? (Photographic evidence needed!)
No evidence, as it was in the days before phone cameras, but we managed 9 on one as students. This was on the way to the pub, on the way back it was more like 3.