Monument record YAX 009 - Beacon Hill

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Summary

`Beacon Hill', mound shown and named on OS 1:10560 & 1:10000 maps (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 1248 7364 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TM17SW
Civil Parish YAXLEY, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

`Beacon Hill', mound shown and named on OS 1:10560 & 1:10000 maps (S1). No further details.

A mutilated earthen mound, c 14.0m by 10.0m and 3.0m high, situated on Beacon Hill, a prominent isolated rise in ground (now wooded), is almost certainly the site of Yaxley Beacon. Published survey (25") revised. (S2)

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> (No record type): OS, 1:2500; 1:10560 & 1:10000 maps, TM 17 SW, circa 1884, 1904, 1957 & 1984.
  • <S2> Source Unchecked: RCHME?. Various. Field Investigators Comments. F1 PAS 12-DEC-73.
  • <S3> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jun 25 2021 9:40AM

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