At a recent local history exhibition someone who used to live in the village brought along a spoon that his father had found in the beck as a lad, in 1930. It was interesting because it was decorated with an engraving of a beacon. He let me take a photo of it and you can see it here.
It is tempting to see it as a souvenir from when Wilton Beacon was erected in the early 1800s. Although this is possible, the actual engraving does not seem to depict the correct form of our beacon which is described as having one upright post with pegs projecting from it which served as steps. The engraving seems to have an upright post with a separate ladder arrangement. Nevertheless, it is an interesting find. We continue to be amazed by what is found in the beck, usually by children these days.
