We had one on our playing fields in the village, but I have no idea what it’s for or why? What is it called? If it is used for fires, how do you get material into it? Who came up with this idea?
Looking forward to getting educated on it.
by arableman
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Medieval torturing
Gondor uses this to call for aid.
Usually these are for national events, where the beacons are lit across the country. There’s one for the D-Day anniversary https://www.d-day80beacons.co.uk/
It’s a Beacon.
It’s a beacon and you’d use a ladder to get up it presumably
This looks like a fire beacon. Prior to telegraph communication they would be lit to pass messages, usually along the coast, usually on high points, usually warning of invaders etc. we had one on the hill near where I grew up.
This is a good example? https://www.raleighestate.co.uk/history/fire-beacon/
Brazier, used for signaling over long distance. A rider would go ahead and if the King was dying it would signify that he is dead.
Medieval beacons. All towns had one. Supposed to be lit when the Spanish / French etc were on their way! Some years ago there was an experiment on TV when they lit a beacon at the coast to see how long it would take to get the message in London. Maybe some anniversary of the Spanish Armada. Sorry but can’t remember the result.
When the uk was under attack someone would light one of these, if you saw one on fire you would set yours on fire too. It was the fasted way to get the news to where it needed to go.
A load of them were put up for the millennium:
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/586264.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/586264.stm)
A beacon.
They rebuilt the national beacon network and used it to commemorate the lighting of the beacons to warn of the Spanish invasion by armada. Late 80’s I think ?
It’s what they used to play basket ball in Medieval times.
A pigeon roaster
Could be one of the Millennium Beacons.
Our village will be lighting our beacon tomorrow evening as part of the D Day service on the beach.
It is both a beacon.
A series of beacons were installed in the amniveraary of the beacons being lit to warn of the coming of the Spanish Armada. There’s a couple of those near where I grew up, they were lit from Plymouth to London.
Extremely low bit-rate communication device.
My dad used one to cook sausages on his stag do
We have a beacon in our village
Who lit the fire? I’ll bet it was Zoot. Wicked, naughty, _evil_ Zoot!
This is a beacon?
It’s for useless prime ministers
To put naughty children inside who don’t listen to their parents.
“The Beacons are Lit, Gondor calls for aid!”
The world’s first telephone
Fires were lit in the top, made real smokey to communicate serious events like invasion inland as a big pillar of smoke
It’s a big
It’s shocking people don’t know basic uk history
How to send a message over miles before the iPhone 🤣
Millennium Beacon. Built all over Britain in 1999. Lit to celebrate the Millennium. https://www.reclaimandsalvage.co.uk/products/garden-items/1057-millennium-beacon-in-steel-67-x-5feet-diameter
I wonder if you stuck sausages on a rake if you’d get arm ache before they cooked.
Our parents would light them when it was time to come home in a time before mobile phones
This must be a twilight game of Disc Golf
Also known as a cresset
It’s where they put bad kids when they misbehave
Does anybody go to school anymore?
Beacon.. you would well know this if you lived on a beacon path. I’m on the Thames estuary and I can think of many.. and some inland too.
We have a festival dedicated to them where I live
It was a binary messaging system.
Summerisle Globetrotters?
Barbeque for giants.
Secondary use for Spanish invasion signalling.
Beacon or brazier. It’s purpose is to hold fire.
They acted as waypoints for navigation and a form of communication pre-electricity. Alternatively just a warm lamppost that someone needed to keep fuelling.