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The Beacon is an Elizabethan stone-built beacon house located at the southern end of the long spur of Shute Hill, Devon. The circular beacon house of 'beehive' type is about 18ft in diameter and has walls of mortared flint 6ft high with two stone buttresses and a conical roof. It is within the council area of East Devon (Devon).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1020312.

Place Type: Tudor Monument
Historic County: Devon
Lat, Long: 50.772029,-3.053343
Grid Reference: SY258974
Police Area: Devon & Cornwall
Council Area: East Devon (Devon)
Civil Parish: Shute CP
Country: England

GBPNID: 299813
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/The_Beacon,_Devon_299813

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