Beacon Castle
Beacon Castle is an Iron Age hill fort close to Parracombe in Devon, England. It is situated on a hilltop some 290 metres above sea level, overlooking the Heddon Valley.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: iron Age hill fort in England
- Also known as: “Beacon Castle (Settlement)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Killington Lane railway station and Voley Castle.
Killington Lane railway station
Railway station
Killington Lane is a temporary terminus about one mile southwest of Woody Bay on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, the narrow gauge line that originally ran for 19 miles through Exmoor from Barnstaple to Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon. Killington Lane railway station is situated 2,100 feet east of Beacon Castle.
Voley Castle
Archaeological site
Voley Castle is an Iron Age hill fort situated close to Parracombe in north Devon, England. The fort is situated on a promontory on the eastern side of Heale Down, approximately 230 metres above sea level. Voley Castle is situated 3,000 feet west of Beacon Castle.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Christ Church is situated 4,100 feet southeast of Beacon Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lynton and Lynmouth and Barbrook.
Lynton and Lynmouth
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lynton and Lynmouth is a civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is named after its two main settlements of Lynton, which stands on a plateau above the Glen Lyn Gorge, and Lynmouth which lies at the foot of the gorge where the West Lyn River and East Lyn River converge and then meet the sea.
Barbrook
Village
Photo: Grant Sherman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barbrook is a village in Devon, England. It is close to the source of the West Lyn River. The village post office and shop closed on 27 September 2008. Barbrook is situated 3½ miles east of Beacon Castle.
Valley of the Rocks
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Valley of Rocks, sometimes called Valley of the Rocks, is a dry valley that runs parallel to the coast in north Devon, England, about 1 kilometre to the west of the village of Lynton. Valley of the Rocks is situated 3½ miles northeast of Beacon Castle.
Beacon Castle
- Categories: hillfort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Parracombe, North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.19767° or 51° 11′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.91269° or 3° 54′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C3R53XP+3WOpenStreetMap ID
way 179050974OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q4875908
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Beacon Castle” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Castelo Beacon”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Quarry (Dis) and Pavilion Stores & Cafe.
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