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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))
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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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