A GUIDING LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS.— On top of the tower of Monken Church, Herts, England, is an iron cresset (sometimes called a fire-pan or pitch-pot), which is regarded as a unique survival of other days. It is thought that it was placed there to he lighted at night in order to guide wayfarers through the neighbouring forest. It was last fired in 1715, probably at the Stuart rising in the north.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7103, 11 March 1933, Page 5
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72A GUIDING LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS.— On top of the tower of Monken Church, Herts, England, is an iron cresset (sometimes called a fire-pan or pitch-pot), which is regarded as a unique survival of other days. It is thought that it was placed there to he lighted at night in order to guide wayfarers through the neighbouring forest. It was last fired in 1715, probably at the Stuart rising in the north. Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7103, 11 March 1933, Page 5
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