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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… on the southwest into the stupendous heights called the Beacons. The summits of these mountains, while the sun is … the latter, according to preconcerted measures, had the beacons lighted, to give notice to his friends of the earl's … summits called Bannau Sir Gaer, or the Carmarthenshire Beacons, and thence stretches eastward across the entire …
A New History of London
… to be given. In the country, alarm bells were rung, and beacons fired; men fancied they saw at a distance the smoak …
Calendar of Border Papers
… R. Lowther. "Yf need be, I must be forced to burne the beacons for the callinge downe of the countrey. The …
Calendar of Border Papers
… I have also arranged with them, that watchmen attend the beacons to fire them in case of sudden incursions. There …