Devon
South Hams District
Kingswear

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 , , .
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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.

Castle
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is an artillery fort, built to protect in , 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. is situated 4,000 feet west of Kingswear Daymark.

Castle
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is an artillery fort, built to protect in , 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 . is situated 1 mile west of Kingswear Daymark.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dartmouth and Churston Ferrers.

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is a town in the region of . A historic port location, '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.

Village
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is an area and former civil parish, in the borough of , , England, situated between the south coast towns of and . is situated 3½ miles north of Kingswear Daymark.

Village
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is a semi-rural village in , in the ceremonial county of , England. It is located in the ward of Churston-with-Galmpton and the historic civil parish of , though some areas historically considered parts of , such as and Creek, are situated in the Devon borough of South Hams. is situated 4 miles north of Kingswear Daymark.

Kingswear Daymark

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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In Other Languages

“Kingswear Daymark” goes by many names.
  • Slovenian: “Kingswear Daymark”
  • Slovenian: “The Tower”

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Highlights include The Warren and Brownstone Battery Gun Emplacement.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kingswear Daymark”. Photo: Jamieparton, CC BY-SA 4.0.