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Sheet 79 Plan 11 Parish of Ponteland

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Beacon Beacon Revd E.C. Ogle on the summit An artificial Mound of a
Beacon Mr Crisp of Beacon Hill Conical form it is composed
Beacon Mr Charlton of Gravel, & has been opened
but nothing of importance found
the Revd E.C. Ogle told me that the its
probable origin was "during the
wars of the Commonwealth, & that
in all likelihood it served the
purpose of a Beacon to warn the
local inhabitants of the appearance
of any armed party whether
Royalist or Puritan"
John Stewart Sapper RE

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Transcribed by JMCN and SW

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