Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	beacon, Ingleborough
site name:-	Ingleborough
county:-	North Yorkshire
locality type:-	beacon
1Km square:-	SD7374 (?guess)
10Km square:-	SD77
references:-	West 1778
evidence:-	descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
source data:-	Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.   goto source Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century  Page 263:-  "... On the western edge [of Ingleborough] there are the remains of what the country people call the beacon, some three or four yards high, ascended by a flight of steps. The ruins of a little watch-house is also adjoining. No doubt, in time of wars, insurrections, and tumults, and particularly during the incursions of the Scots, a fire was made on this beacon, to give the alarm to the country round about.- ..."
evidence:-	descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849)  placename:-  Hospice, Ingleborough placename:-  Station of Fire
source data:-	Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.   goto source Page 202:-  "..." "INGLEBOROUGH.- ... The plain on the top is about a mile round; and near the western edge is a tower, on the spot formerly occupied by a fire-beacon. It was dignified by the name of a 'Hospice.' Though it has only been built about 30 years, it is now nearly in ruins. ..."   goto source Page 203:-  "... Ingleborough, or 'The Station of Fire,' has doubtless been, in the time of the Romans, a place of defence, and a beacon of 'smoke by day and fire by night' to communicate the intelligence of any irruption or insurrection to the surrounding castelli and encampments."

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