The chain of late Roman signal stations along the Yorkshire coast — at Filey, Scarborough, Goldsborough, Ravenscar, and Huntcliff — were purpose-built to give warning of Saxon and Pictish seaborne raids. Filey signal station, excavated in the nineteenth century, showed evidence of violent destruction. The garrison of each tower was tiny — perhaps a handful of troops — making them vulnerable once raiding parties landed.
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