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Beacon, Askerton
locality:-   Gillalees Beacon
civil parish:-   Askerton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   beacon (?site) 
coordinates:-   NY57307182
1Km square:-   NY5771
10Km square:-   NY57
altitude:-   1016 feet
altitude:-   310m

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 8 10) 
placename:-  Beacon, The
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"The Beacon / Sur 1016.2 / B.M. 1014.4"
symbols for triangulation station and bench mark 

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