Danby Beacon is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1990. Guide stone.
Danby Beacon
- WRENN ID
- winter-basalt-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1990
- Type
- Guide stone
- Address
- Danby Beacon, Glaisdale, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- NZ 735 092
- Coordinates
- 54.47336, -0.86633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Danby Beacon is a guide stone that may date back to the medieval period. It is made of gritstone and stands about 1.2 meters high, with a plain square shape. The south side of the stone features the inscription "BASDAL A," while other inscriptions have become illegible over time.
Local climate
Danby Beacon receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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