2022

TL3650 : Toot Hill Beacon

taken 2 years ago, near to Orwell, Cambridgeshire, England

Toot Hill Beacon
Toot Hill Beacon
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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TL3650, 155 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 19 April, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 12 September, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 3642 5070 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:8.2657N 0:0.4851W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 3632 5059
View Direction
Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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