Primrose Hill Beacon, Lydney

Introduction

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Primrose Hill Beacon, Lydney

Image: © Jaggery Taken: 16 Apr 2017

A plaque https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5664775 dated 1988 records that the beacon, sponsored by BP Oil Ltd and the Wintour family, was made by Whitecross School as a project for Fire Over England to commemorate Sir William Wynter and the 400th anniversary of the Spanish Armada (1588).

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.732517
Longitude
-2.531803