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Low Mire is a milefortlet forming part of the Roman coastal defence system constructed along the Cumbrian shore during the second century AD. Located approximately fifty metres north of Heather Bank in Cumberland, this small fortification represents one of a series of such installations built to monitor and control maritime traffic and movement along the frontier. The milefortlet would have been garrisoned by a small military detachment and served to supplement the larger forts positioned at strategic intervals. This monument survives as an earthwork feature and remains an important archaeological indicator of Roman military organization and the extent of imperial control projected across Britain's northwestern coastal frontier.
Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014911. View the official record →
Low Mire is a milefortlet forming part of the Roman coastal defence system constructed along the Cumbrian shore during the second century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014911.
Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014911.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill (3.5 km), Settlement W of Birkby (4.1 km), Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.