Monument record MDO7796 - Lytchett Beacon, Lytchett Minster and Upton

A "tumulus"-shaped hill at Lytchett Minster "commands a very extensive prospect of Poole Bay" and was formerly a beacon. <2>

Lytchett Beacon hill is now tree-covered and the summit is disturbed by several pits, probably old sand or gravel pits. No trace of the beacon was found. <3>

Listed by H T White as being the site of a beacon, number 3. <4>

Lytchett Beacon shown on Saxton's map of 1575 as 'Lechiot becon'. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1811, Ordnance Survey 1-inch map first series (Map). SDO10343.

Lytchet Beacon (NAT) (Shown as a mound).

<2> Hutchins, J, 1868, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 3. 3rd edition (Monograph). SDO11486.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, 14-NOV-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Russell, P, 1959, 'White's Schedule of The Dorset Beacons'; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society 81 (Article in serial). SWX1179.

<5> Mills, A D, 1980, The place-names of Dorset, Part 2 (Monograph). SDO17401.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457371 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 19 2021 4:00PM