ASHURST BEACON, ASHURST HILL, DALTON, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND.

            THE SOUTH-WEST LANCASHIRE PLAIN IS REMARKABLE FOR ITS FLATNESS, WHICH ONLY SERVES TO MAKE THE LINE OF HILLS THAT RISE BEHIND IT APPEAR ALL THE MORE IMPRESSIVE. THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE IS DOMINATED BY ASHURST HILL, WHICH RISES 570 FEET (170 M) ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND IS CROWNED BY ASHURST'S BEACON WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POINT. LIKE ITS CLOSEST NEIGHBOUR RIVINGTON PIKE IT CARRIED A BEACON THAT FORMED PART OF A 16TH-CENTURY EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM, THE BEACON ONCE FORMED PART OF A RELAY LEAGUE STRETCHING FROM EVERTON BROW ABOVE LIVERPOOL TO LANCASTER CASTLE ESTABLISHED TO WARN OF SPANISH ATTACK. 
THE BEACON TOWER STANDING THERE TODAY, HOWEVER, IS OF A MUCH LATER DATE, PUT UP IN 1798 BY LOCAL LORD SIR WILLIAM ASHURST, WHEN IT WAS THE FRENCH WHO WERE THE CAUSE OF HIS CONCERN.

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