2009

TQ5478 : The Beacon, Purfleet

taken 15 years ago, near to Purfleet-on-Thames, Thurrock, England

The Beacon, Purfleet
The Beacon, Purfleet
Classically, beacons were fires lit at well-known locations on hills or high places, used either as lighthouses for navigation at sea, or for signalling over land that enemy troops were approaching, in order to alert defences. As signals, beacons are an ancient form of optical telegraphy, and were part of a relay. Many hills in the UK are called Beacon.

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TQ5478, 132 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 8 November, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 26 November, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 549 784 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:29.0270N 0:13.8019E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 549 784
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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