More information : SU 8770 1101 : Beacon [TI] (1) Beacon symbol shown. (2) Notes as a Beacon Hill in Medieval times. (Rook's Hill) and by Ogilby in 1731. (3) No field action - M /62/10. (4) No remains visible. (5)
(SU 877 110) In May 1995, RCHME carried out an analytical earthwork survey of St Roche's Hill in the course of the investigation of the causewayed enclosure (SU 81 SE 52) as part of the project to record Industry in the Neolithic Period (6). No earthworks could positively be identified as associated with the beacon, though it seems likely that the chapel of St Roche (SU 81 SE 22), which can be identified, may have been involved, since this stood on the highest point of the hill.
The first mention of a beacon on the hilltop dates to 1586 (6a); it was indicated on 17th century maps and was mentioned again in 1731 (3; 4) and in the Napoleonic period (6a).
For further details, see RCHME Level 3 client report and plan at 1:1000 scale, held in archive. (6) |