Beacon, or Cresset, in the Park
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Beacon, or Cresset, in the Park
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 8 Nov 2018
In a recreation ground off Harvest Hill. The notice on the post says Beacon Europe with a date 1992, so it pre dates the Millennium Beacons put up a few years later. It also calls it a cresset, (O.E.D. "metal vessel for holding oil, coal etc. for light, mounted on a pole.") which is spot on.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.574303
Longitude
-0.69188