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Fire Beacon Hill was described in the
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Description by
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East Devon way and footpath running through the site
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538:Audio Guide Description and map of the site
16:Local Nature Reserve in East Devon, England
518:. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.
504:. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.
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516:"Map of Fire Beacon Hill"
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323:Grayling (butterfly)
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356:Eurasian bullfinch
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488:References
447:John Swete
420:Historical
100:capped by
94:East Devon
58:East Devon
25:50°42′04″N
395:, badger
274:tormentil
251:Foxglove
121:sea level
98:greensand
28:3°19′48″W
437:Sidmouth
304:, hazel
298:, holly
267:bilberry
243:Bramble
207:curtisii
205:Agrostis
152:vulgaris
70:Sidmouth
433:Honiton
222:Bracken
156:Corolla
150:Calluna
88:Geology
62:England
414:rigens
372:Adder
350:Linnet
318:willow
310:, oak
106:Flints
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296:birch
292:beech
288:Alder
160:Calyx
147:Ling
110:chert
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