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Summary

Upottery beacon (elev 256m), elizabethan. Os 1809 map and pnd map show this about one mile n of the village.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20NW/4

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BEACON (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

ELEV 256M, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV110803.

Upottery beacon (elev 256m), elizabethan. Os 1809 map and pnd map show this about one mile n of the village.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV110805.

Russell, p. /tda/87(1955)291/fire beacons in devon, appendix a.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV110806.

Osa=st20nw6.
vis=16/8/1960 (os). An area of pasture fields, visibility restricted except on south west side where it extends to about eight miles.(osa)

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV110807.

Des=upottery tithe map and apportionment book.
Ta 622 an unenclosed area called beacon hill common (ta tm)

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.

Site visit 18th September 1992. As described by the Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division in 1960.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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