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Rise How tower 25a is a Roman watchtower forming part of the coastal defence system constructed along the Cumbrian frontier during the second century AD. The tower occupies a strategically significant position within a series of fortifications designed to monitor and control access along this vulnerable stretch of coastline. The site's archaeological complexity is evidenced by the presence of earlier prehistoric burial remains and later early medieval craft activity, including a kiln, indicating sustained occupation and use across multiple periods. The monument thus represents successive phases of human activity spanning from the prehistoric era through to the early medieval period.
Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014802. View the official record →
Rise How tower 25a is a Roman watchtower forming part of the coastal defence system constructed along the Cumbrian frontier during the second century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014802.
Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln 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 1014802.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg (0.8 km), Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement (1.4 km), Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln'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.
Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln stands on Pennine Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.