page_title: Eston Nab
section_title: Monument
hierarchical_section_title: Eston Nab / Historical site / Monument
caption_attribution_description: English: The Beacon at Eston Nab, 1907.
context_page_description: Eston Nab is a local landmark to those who live along the River Tees, in north-east England.
  A nab is a rocky promontory, or outcrop, and Eston Nab, marking the highest point – at 242 metres – on the escarpment which forms Eston Hills, appears as a clear sandstone cliff on the northernmost edge of Eston Moor. It overlooks the town of Eston, which is part of Redcar and Cleveland, and can be seen from beyond Hartlepool on the northern side of Tees Bay.
  It is the site of Bronze Age burial mounds and an Iron Age hill fort. However, regardless of all its history, to local people, the name of Eston Nab is synonymous with the monument that stands there. When families went out for a walk together – the monument at Eston Nab was the destination of choice.
context_section_description: The monument is in the form of a pillar made of sandstone bricks. It was originally built as a lookout tower and beacon to warn of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars in the early 19th century. With the advent of ironstone mining in Eston Hills, the beacon was used as a house and survived until 1956. It was then demolished and later rebuilt into its present form.
  A plaque on the side of the monument reads:
caption: The Beacon at Eston Nab (1907)
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