Thesaurus Term/Concept: BEACON

Identifier 68827
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A site or structure on which a signal, especially a fire, could be placed as a warning or means of communication. Use for beacon sites or surviving beacon structures.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

Related Terms/Concepts (2)

Narrower Terms/Concepts (1)

Instances/Examples (12)

Context Record
Monument Type MSO7624 Alleged site of undated beacons on North Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MDE11734 Beacon between Countisbury Camp and Lynmouth (Monument)
Monument Type MSO7397 Joaney How Burial Cairn, Dunkery Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MSO8025 Modern and possibly prehistoric cairn at Bossington Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MEM24897 Post-medieval beacon at Beacon Down Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type MSO8632 Purported medieval or post-medieval beacon and cairn on Withycombe Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MDE21018 Rhenish Tower, Lynmouth Pier (Building)
Monument Type MSO6251 Robin How Cairn on Dunkery Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MSO7653 Selworthy Beacon (Monument)
Monument Type MDE1020 The Beacon Roman Fortlet, Martinhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MDE1208 Two Bronze Age barrows on North Molton Ridge (Monument)
Monument Type MDE1283 Wood Barrow on the Devon/Somerset County Boundary (Monument)