What is recorded here
Beacon Castle stands on South Down in North Devon, marked as a scheduled monument but denied easy entry. The name suggests a fire that once cut through darkness, guiding ships or warning invaders, yet the castle itself has vanished beneath grass and time. What remains is a point on a list, a ghost of a gesture made toward the sea.
The National Heritage List for England records Beacon Castle, South Down as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Beacon Castle, South Down is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure, built around 2500–2000 BC, and is important as an early example of large-scale ceremonial or social structures in southern England.
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