SY4391 : Thorncombe Beacon
taken 13 years ago, near to Seatown, Dorset, England
Golden Cap Estate is owned and run by the National Trust. It includes the coastline between Stonebarrow Hill and Thorncombe beacon, including Golden Cap. Inland it incorporates Langdon Hill.
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The South West Coast Path National Trail - 630 miles of superb coastal walking. From Minehead on the edge of the Exmoor National Park to the shores of Poole Harbour in Dorset. It is the longest of all Britain's National Trails.
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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.