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HER Number:MDV545
Name:BEACON in the Parish of Monkleigh

Summary - not yet available

Location

Grid Reference:SS 452 220
Map Sheet:SS42SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishMonkleigh
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishMONKLEIGH

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SS42SE/12

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • BEACON (XVI to Post Medieval - 1501 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.

Probably wrongly positioned. A height of 132.5m occurs at ss452207, immediately west of monkleigh (os).


Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=3/12/1980 (os) the site of this beacon was not identified.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV40159.

'beaconside' is shown at ngr ss45452293 on os 1964 1:10560 map (dcc).


Russell, P. M. G., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6591.

Monkleigh beacon. An elizabethan fire beacon situated at 132.5m above sea-level. Beacon side on 1" ordinance map (russell).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6595.

Russell, p. /tda/87(1955)277/fire beacons in devon, appendix a.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6596.

Osa=ss42se11.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6597.

Des=devon county council/fire beacons: warning signals across the countryside/(2000)/copy in smr.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV148Migrated Record:
SDV24Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV40159Migrated Record:
SDV6591Migrated Record: Russell, P. M. G..
SDV6595Migrated Record:
SDV6596Migrated Record:
SDV6597Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Sep 30 2015 5:07PM