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Name:The Beacon
Hill number:17776
Height:118.9m / 390ft
Parent (Ma):2881  Brown Willy
RHB Section:40: Cornwall & Devon
County/UA:Cornwall
Catchment:Tamar, Catchment Boundaries
Watershed:Plymouth Sound
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:SX 35188 54325
Summit feature:mound with millennium beacon
Drop:30.1m
Col:88.8m  SX 3491 5413  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 201
(1:25k) 108
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 10 users)ByDate of Ascent
Parking is tricky but a very pleasantly shaped little hill. Ideal for a beacon with 360 degree views and a dwelling close-by.M3WDD04/08/2018
Farm track from road up W edge of field then over grass to summit mound with fire basket beacon. Goods views.RichardM22/01/2017
Short post with fire basket supported by cables and concrete blocks on grassy mound in centre of grassy field. Clear views out to sea and inland over patchwork of fields.Denise 22/01/2017
2m mound in pasture at natural hp, topped with millennium beacon. From sw, gateway.RHW26/11/2016
Second beacon of the day - parking is tricky, the walk to the beacon is not. The OS map shows no feature but now there is an earth platform and an iron beacon brazierM3WDD06/08/2008
Rob Jackson26/06/2023
Matt17/01/2023
mae06/09/2020
Jacqdaw09/05/2014
Hillsidenick09/05/2014