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Monument Number 1024027
Hob Uid: 1024027
Location : Redcar and Cleveland Guisborough
Grid Ref : NZ5680018300
Summary : Site of Napoleonic beacon and associated structures, now demolished.
More information : Napoleonic beacon in SE sector of Eston Nab hillfort (see NZ 51 NE 6). The building survived as a habitation until the 1950s, forming part of a complex of structures which once stood in the eastern part of the hillfort interior. The beacon was situated within an enclosure set between the SE sector of the hillfort defences and a boundary wall which ran across the eastern part of the fort. (1,2) The beacon was demolished in 1956 and a monument erected in its place. (2)

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Source details : Bull Cleveland, Bulletin of the Cleveland and Teesside Local Hist Soc 54, 1988, 1-5 (B Vyner)
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Beacon, House
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 51 NE 62
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Monument Number 1024027