Case Studies
Danby Beacon
In 2007 Yorventure was approached by the Danby Beacon Trust for funding for a new working beacon on the ancient site known as Danby Beacon. A marker had existed on the site since Napoleonic time, the last one of which fell down some ten years ago.
The Danby Beacon is an historic site, both in terms of the Beacon itself, but also as a site of archaeological importance, the Beacon being sited on top of a Bronze Age round barrow (a scheduled ancient monument). English Nature granted consent for the construction of the Beacon on what appears to be one of the few undisturbed burial mounds in the area (many having been excavated and robbed in the 19th Century). The lack of disturbance on the site owed much to the Beacon itself in that the foundation of previous beacons was only about 1 metre in depth and had prevented excavation beneath it.
The construction of the foundation for the new Beacon was designed to prevent any further disturbance to the burial mound and by way of a “raft” onto which the Beacon has been fixed.
Yorventure awarded a grant of £15,000 to this exciting project for the cost of the Beacon itself. The project was also supported by The Dawnay Estates, owners of the site, North Yorkshire Rural Target Fund, the Danby Court Leet, Scarborough Council, the North York Moors National Park and the local community.
