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Maiden Way is a Roman road that forms part of the military communication network connecting the forts of northern Britain. The road survives as a linear earthwork running across the high moorland terrain of Cumberland, with a raised agger characteristic of Roman road construction visible along its course. The route served the garrison at Kirkby Thore and connected to wider strategic networks during the second and third centuries AD. Associated with this archaeological landscape are the remains of Gillalees Beacon signal station, a post-Roman communications point, and Beacon Pasture, an early post-medieval dispersed settlement, making this site significant for understanding both Roman military infrastructure and later uses of the strategic high ground.
Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018242. View the official record →
Maiden Way is a Roman road that forms part of the military communication network connecting the forts of northern Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018242.
Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement 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 1018242.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road (6.7 km), Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54 (7.2 km), Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement'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.
Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.