Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1315 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of medieval beacon |
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Summary
This is the site of a medieval beacon mentioned in documents dating back to the late 13th century. The beacon was last used in 1935.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7353 4168 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF74SW |
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| Parish: | THORNHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of medieval beacon on Beacon Hill, reused in 1935 celebrations.
Mentioned in Elizabethan times, see (S1).
E. Rose (NAU).
(S1) also quotes a pipe roll of 19 Edward I (1291) referring to the beacon.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 November 1985.
Monument Types
- BEACON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Document: Kitchen, F. and Peek, B. 1987. Fire Over England. Norfolk. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 74 SW 7. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Thornage. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Calvert, E.M.. 1939. The History of Hunstanton Lighthouse.. p 7-8. pp 7-8. |
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