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This Roman signal station is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately 190 metres north west of Vale House Farm in Yorkshire. Dating to the Roman period, the site represents one of the chain of fortified communications installations established across northern Britain to facilitate military control and intelligence gathering across the landscape. The station would have functioned as part of the broader Roman frontier infrastructure, relaying visual signals between forts and other strategic positions. Such installations were typically modest in scale, comprising a tower or beacon platform with associated defensive works, though the precise surviving remains at this location reflect the variable preservation conditions common to Roman signal stations in the upland regions of northern England.
Roman signal station 190m north west of Vale House Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016464. View the official record →
This Roman signal station is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately 190 metres north west of Vale House Farm in Yorkshire.
Roman signal station 190m north west of Vale House Farm 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 1016464.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Late prehistoric ditched, scarp-edge settlement 400m south-south-west of East Mellwaters farmhouse (2.1 km), Rey Cross, 670m west of Old Spital (4.3 km), Cairn at West Moor Bottom, Mudbeck (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman signal station 190m north west of Vale House Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Roman signal station 190m north west of Vale House Farm stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.