The organisation of the Devon beacon chain in 1539 connected the Cornish warning network to the national system and ensured that a signal from the Lizard could reach the Dorset border within thirty minutes. The Devon chain was the critical middle section of the Channel warning network, and its organisation in 1539 was part of the same comprehensive coastal defence review that produced the Device Forts. The chain performed its most famous service in 1588 when it relayed the Armada sighting from the Lizard to Plymouth.
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Devon constables and appointed beacon keepers at headlands from Plymouth to Seaton
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