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| HER Number: | MDV134800 |
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| Name: | Beacon Hill, Marldon |
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Summary
Site of a beacon mentioned in 1667. Land at the summit of the hill was acquired by the Admiralty for a flag station in the Napoleonic Wars. Now the site of a transmitter station.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 858 620 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX86SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Marldon |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MARLDON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BEACON (Early Medieval to XVII - 1066 AD (Between) to 1700 AD (Between))
- SIGNAL STATION (Built, XVIII to XIX - 1799 AD (Between) to 1815 AD (Between))
Full description
Couldrey, W. G., 1932, Memories and Antiquities of Paignton, 226 (Article in Serial). SDV343465.
Blagdon Beacon has been used as the site of a large bonfire on many national occasions.
Russell, P., 1955, Fire Beacons in Devon, 286 (Article in Serial). SDV336138.
Blagdon, or Westland, Beacon is 640 feet above sea level, adjacent to Blagdon Hamlet. The hill is shaped like an inverted bowl and dominates Torbay and Berry Head with views across the South Hams to Dartmoor.
The Totnes accounts in 1667 record 'for going thrice to Blackdown Beacon 1/-; for making up the beacon 17/-'. Land at the summit of the hill was acquired by the Admiralty for a flag station in the Napoleonic Wars. The beacon is believed to have been placed on a barrow.
There is now a small wireless station on the site. The eastern side of the hill is quarried.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2002, Two Bowl Barrows at Beacon Hill, 120 Metres South of The Beacon (Schedule Document). SDV343461.
Two Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age bowl barrows, on an east to west alignment, on the crest of a broad ridge, with extensive views in all directions.
Signs of burning found [during excavations] in 1882 relate to the barrow's post-medieval use as a beacon mound. A fire is recorded as having been lit here in 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.
Now called Beacon Hill. There is now a transmitting station on the site.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336138 | Article in Serial: Russell, P.. 1955. Fire Beacons in Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 87. A5 Hardback. 286. |
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| SDV343461 | Schedule Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2002. Two Bowl Barrows at Beacon Hill, 120 Metres South of The Beacon. The Schedule of Monuments. A4 Stapled. |
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| SDV343465 | Article in Serial: Couldrey, W. G.. 1932. Memories and Antiquities of Paignton. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 64. A5 Hardback. 226. |
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| SDV365834 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2024. Mastermap 2024. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #142292 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV8881 | Related to: Two bowl barrows on Beacon Hill, Marldon (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 17 2024 4:15PM |
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