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Cosdon Hill, also known as Cosdon Beacon, is a prominent rounded hill on Dartmoor's northern edge, topped by a large cairn and an OS trig point. It has scattered granite outcrops on its western and south-western slopes, with some showing signs of ancient human activity, including a triple stone row on the east and prehistoric cairns and settlements. The views from the summit are expansive, offering a 360-degree panorama across the moor and on clear days to the English Channel.
Trig point: Ordnance Survey trig pillar "Cawsand Hill", SX 63615 91491, 551 m, flush bracket S5362; a third-order station of the retriangulation of Great Britain, its position computed in 1949. The Ordnance Survey named it Cawsand Hill, another name for Cosdon. One of the pillars in Dartmoor Trig Points.
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Kestor. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“The peat glowed as though it were red-hot, and night brooded on the eastern face of every hill.”
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