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Latitude: 53.5655 / 53°33'55"N
Longitude: -2.7551 / 2°45'18"W
OS Eastings: 350088
OS Northings: 407923
OS Grid: SD500079
Mapcode National: GBR 9W66.BL
Mapcode Global: WH86K.NM8Y
Plus Code: 9C5VH68V+6X
Entry Name: Ashurst's Beacon
Listing Date: 22 April 1967
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1361833
English Heritage Legacy ID: 357804
ID on this website: 101361833
Location: Dalton, West Lancashire, WN8
County: Lancashire
District: West Lancashire
Civil Parish: Dalton
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Dalton St Michael and All Angels
Church of England Diocese: Liverpool
Tagged with: Architectural structure
DALTON BEACON LANE (off)
SD 50 NW
10/42 Ashurst's Beacon
22-4-1967
II
Beacon tower. 1798. Sandstone rubble. Square plan, on square base. Upper
part stepped back to carry pyramidal spire. On 3 sides are blocked
windows with stone surrounds and keyed lintels. On the south side is a
similar blocked doorway. Said to be built as a watch tower to warn of a
French invasion. Baines, E., The History of the County Palatine and Duchy
of Lancaster, revised edition, 1870, vol. II, p 187.
Listing NGR: SD5008807923
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