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Summary

Pin Beacon.177m above sea level. On the left hand of Peak Hill rises Pin Beacon, a hill of great height, covered with a plantation of fir trees. A beacon existed at the point during the time of Napoleon I.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY08NE/8

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BEACON (Unknown date)

Full description

Unknown, MIGRATED RECORD - MONUMENT PROTECTION PROGRAMME DATA (Migrated Record). SDV331.

Vis=16/10/1998 (salvatore) old beacon. Suspected barrow, although rchme state this is conjectural. No mound meeting hutchinson's description found. Not recommended for scheduling (mpp).

HARRIS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV22166.

The area was afforested in 1810 (harris).

HUTCHINSON, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV96023.

Pin beacon.177m above sea level. On the left hand of peak hill rises pin beacon, a hill of great height, covered with a plantation of fir trees. A beacon existed at the point during the time of napoleon i. There are two or three barrows, but no remains of the beacon (hutchinson).

NMR, CITING TDA 12, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115035.

Two mounds on pin beacon apparently unexcavated tumuli have been called beacons from time immemorial. Old beacon, planted with firs in 1810, is on the s point of the hill, new beacon stands ninety yards (82m) n of it. This mound was planted about 1830 (nmr, citing tda 12).

NMR, CITING AO ARCHIVE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115036.

The flag signal post recorded by russell is shown on os 3-inch survey drawing 1806-7 by the word "flag" at sy099875. The next post is marked 110m to the n (nmr, citing ao archive).

NMR, CITING OS, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV115037.

Vis=6/10/1989 (os) pinn beacon, site of a fire beacon and a napoleonic admirralty flag signal station. Nothing certainly remains of any of these features, although probably 2 pre-existing mounds traditionally known as old and new beacons may be the sites of fire-beacons. Russell considered thet the fire beacons probably dated from elizabeth times at least. The flag signal post, used for signalling to shipping for a short time during the napoleonic troubles, could hardly have given rise to the "beacon" names (nmr, citing os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115039.

Russell, p. /tda/87(1955)289/fire beacons in devon, appendix a.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115040.

Worth, r. H. /tda/34(1902)139/21st report of the barrow committee.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115041.

Hutchinson, p. O. /a guide to sidmouth/(1865)79.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115042.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)593.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115043.

Harris, g. T. /dcnq/15(1928-1929)107/fire beacon, sidmouth.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115044.

Osa=sy08ne29/plan.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115045.

Hutchinson, p. O. ,/diaries(31/5/1851;22/7/1869;14/3/1873;20/3/1873)in dro.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115046.

Des=mpp/(16/10/1998)/as above.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115047.

Tda/12(1880)123.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115048.

Des=ao archive no 1045/3/(cited by nmr with no further reference).

DIARIES, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV122942.

Beacon lit on tumuli. Plan of "old" + "new" beacons in ms at 22/7/1869. Finds of flint. Flakes on hillslope (diaries).

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One (Monograph). SDV1312.

Pin beacon was penna in 1254 (mawer et al).

Unknown, 1986, Pin (Pen?) Beacon Hill (Worksheet). SDV358776.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 2084 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Pinn Beacon. 177m above sea level. Site of fire beacon possibly since at leat Elizabethan times, and Napoleonic Admiralty flag station. Nothing definite remains. Two mounds known as 'Old Beacon' and 'New Beacon' , 100m apart, may be sites of fire beacons. 'Old Beacon' may represent a barrow.
SMR.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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