The Roman signal station at Scarborough, one of a chain protecting the Yorkshire coast, was abandoned in the late fourth or early fifth century. Whether attacked by raiders or simply evacuated as Roman authority collapsed is uncertain. The site on the headland at Scarborough remained strategically important; the castle built there in medieval times occupies the same commanding position.
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