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Fiona Walker2013-08-09 18:02:212016-10-25 20:17:31Civil War – the battle of Southam – 23rd August 1642 – 17th and 18th August 2013
Burton Dassett hills is a two mile walk from the cottages and the beacon can be viewed from the farm. A lovely place to visit.
m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122163034370269902&id=61558097080307Burton Dassett Beacon and Old Windmill, Warwickshire.
The mill was built in 1664 and blown down in a storm in 1946. The beacon was likely built by Lord of the Manor Sir Edward Belknap in the late 15th century as a tower mill and later used as defensive lookout tower in the English Civil War.
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