BUCKLAND BEACON

Jubilee Stone – then

1282 FT
BUCKLAND BEACON
A BEACON FIRE – ONE OF A CHAIN-
WAS LIT HERE BY THE PARISHIONERS
OF BUCKLAND-IN’THE-MOOR
IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR
MAJESTIES SILVER JUBILEE
MAY 6TH 1935
AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE SHOUTED
AND SAID GOD SAVE THE KING

The Jubilee Stone – now. Today the inscriptions are barely decipherable (August 2020)

Ten Commandments Stones – then

The Ten Commandments Stones – now (August 2020)

A family outing at Buckland Beacon, circa 1902.

The gate where the family had their picture taken circa 1902 is now a stile, looking towards Welstor rock.

The 1902 family placed on a 2021 photograph. Note that in spite of what looks like a wall rebuild around the gate here, the triangular rock (bottom right in black and white photograph) hasn’t moved. Two other clues as to the correct location is that the gate hanger is still in situ and there is another (triangular) rock of same shape in both pictures, this time to the left of the gate.

It is a mystery why the family didn’t have their photograph facing this way around with Buckland Beacon in the background.

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Military Camps at High Down – late 19th century / early 20th century

Robert Burnard Family Picnic – White Ridge

Gobbett Mine Cottages

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