2012

TQ8209 : Beacon, East Hill

taken 13 years ago, near to Hastings, East Sussex, England

Beacon, East Hill
Beacon, East Hill
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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TQ8209, 4384 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 2 March, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 12 April, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 8283 0960 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:51.4206N 0:35.7782E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 8280 0961
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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