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Beacon Hill, Orton S
Beacon Hill
Orton Beacon
locality:-   Great Asby Scar
civil parish:-   Orton S (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Crosby Ravensworth (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   beacon
coordinates:-   NY63460996 (?) 
1Km square:-   NY6309
10Km square:-   NY60
altitude:-   1283 feet
altitude:-   391m
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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NW of Sunbiggin; small tower with flames. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"The Beacon"
Hillock, post with ladder rungs etc. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"Orton Beacon"
Post with a cresset on a bracket, and a ladder up the side. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Beacon
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Beacon"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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