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Culmstock Beacon Devon #243021248
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High on the southwest point of Blackdown Common is Culmstock Beacon. It is one of a chain of Elizabethan beacons used for lighting fires to warn of advancing enemies, for example, The Spanish Armada.The beehive-shaped structure was built of flint. It was rebuilt in 1870 after the collapse of the earlier one.