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Here we are!
Beacon!
They still light one occasionally, but it's a temporary thing.
I think the last one was for the millennium? Or maybe the Queen's Jubilee? I'm sure one will be lit for the Olympics anyway.
We're in the wrong place to see it, tucked away in our little Vale. But it can (obviously) be seen for miles, and must have engendered fear when it was used as a warning.
And if you look carefully in the second picture you might just see a rabbit.
Excuse my enthusiasm - I did grow up surrounded by countryside but feel I've lost all contact with it now. So feeding the squirrels, seeing a heron or rabbit (or fox!) is something very special.
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