Kingswear Daymark

Kingswear Daymark is a 24 m octagonal limestone day beacon built in 1864, in an arable field above Froward Point near the town of Kingswear, Devon, England.

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Type: Tower
Description: nautical marker in Kingswear, Devon, England, UK
Also known as: “Day Mark Tower”, “Froward Point daymark”, “The Daymark”, and “The Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kingswear Castle and Dartmouth Castle.

Kingswear Castle

Castle

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Kingswear Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England. It was constructed between 1491 and 1502 in response to the threat of French attack and was one of the first purpose-built artillery forts in Britain. Kingswear Castle is situated 4,000 feet west of Kingswear Daymark.

Dartmouth Castle

Castle

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Dartmouth Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England. The earliest parts of the castle date from the 1380s, when, in response to the threat of a French attack, the civic authorities created a small enclosure castle overlooking the mouth of the Dart estuary. Dartmouth Castle is situated 1 mile west of Kingswear Daymark.

Coleton Fishacre

Building

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Coleton Fishacre is a property consisting of a 24-acre garden and a house in the Arts and Crafts style, near Kingswear in Devon, England. The property has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1982. Coleton Fishacre is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Kingswear Daymark.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dartmouth and Townstal.

Dartmouth

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Dartmouth is a town in the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon. A historic port location, Dartmouth's geography and seaside location combined with its traditional architecture make it an idyllic settlement popular with tourists from around Britain and the near continent.

Townstal

Neighborhood

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Townstal is an historic manor and parish on elevated ground now forming part of the western suburbs of the town of Dartmouth, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England. Townstal is situated 2½ miles west of Kingswear Daymark.

Blackpool

Hamlet

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Blackpool is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ miles southwest of Kingswear Daymark.

Kingswear Daymark

Categories: daymark tower, day beacon, and building
Location: Kingswear, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.34219° or 50° 20′ 32″ north

Longitude

-3.54253° or 3° 32′ 33″ west

Inception

1864

Height

80 feet (24 metres)

Open location code

9C2R8FR4+VX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 846744892

OpenStreetMap feature

building=no

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

Wikidata ID

Q26402307

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Kingswear Daymark” goes by many names.

Slovenian: “Kingswear Daymark”
Slovenian: “The Tower”

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