Ashurst’s Beacon 172m (564ft)
Summit Feature: Ground by SW corner of tower.
Classification: Clem, P30 Tump.
OS Grid Ref: SD500079 (10 figure Grid Ref: SD5008907926).
UK Area: 36 - Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines (OS Maps 1:50k 108. 1:25k 285E.)
Latitude: 53.56557, Longitude: -2.75506, Height: 172 metres (564 feet)
Prominence: 58 metres (190 feet)
Unique Waypoint POI Name: 0172.- (DoBIH Hill ID: 16778)
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- '0172.-' SD500079 Ashurst’s Beacon (172m, p58)
Member's Comments on Ashurst’s Beacon...
- Summiteer says...
- Visited sometime in the early 1990s. The Tower was built in 1798 by Sir William Ashurst to provide warning of a possible Napoleonic Invasion. It was part of a relay of beacons stretching across Lancashire from Liverpool to Lancaster, that dated back to the 16th Century
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