Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CAWSAND BEACON, or Cosdon

CAWSAND BEACON, or Cosdon, a mountain in the north of Dartmoor, Devon; 4 miles SE by E of Oakhampton. Its height is 1,792 feet. It was a station of the Ordnance survey; and it commands a very extensive and most striking view.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a mountain"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Devon AncC
Place names: CAWSAND BEACON     |     CAWSAND BEACON OR COSDON     |     COSDON

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