From the mid-4th century, Pictish raiders increasingly used seaborne routes to bypass Hadrian Wall, landing on the Yorkshire coast. The signal station system built by Theodosius after 368 AD — towers at Goldsborough, Huntcliff, Ravenscar, Scarborough, and Filey — was designed to counter this. Excavations at Huntcliff and Filey revealed violent destruction deposits with disarticulated human remains and weapons, consistent with garrison garrisons being overwhelmed.
Signal station garrisons killed at multiple sites; human remains found in destruction layers
Small signal station garrisons of 5-20 men versus Pictish raiding parties from coracles and small craft
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