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Roman Signal Station, 270m south west of Punchbowl Bridge

England
List entry 1007089
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007089
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
NY 82934 14858
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Roman Signal Station, 270 metres south west of Punchbowl Bridge in Westmorland, is a Roman military installation dating to the second century AD. The site represents part of the defensive infrastructure associated with Roman Britain's northern frontier system, positioned to facilitate communication and surveillance across the landscape. The monument survives as earthwork remains that preserve evidence of the station's layout and construction, contributing to understanding of Roman military logistics and communication networks in the upland regions of northern England during the imperial period.

Roman Signal Station, 270m south west of Punchbowl Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007089. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Roman Signal Station, 270m south west of Punchbowl Bridge?

Roman Signal Station, 270 metres south west of Punchbowl Bridge in Westmorland, is a Roman military installation dating to the second century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007089.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman Signal Station, 270m south west of Punchbowl Bridge?

Roman Signal Station, 270m south west of Punchbowl Bridge 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 1007089.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman Signal Station, 270m south west of Punchbowl Bridge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brough Castle and Brough (Verteris) Roman fort and civil settlement (3.9 km), Maiden Castle near Brough (4.6 km), Rookby Scarth medieval settlement (5.5 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Brough Castle and Brough (Verteris) Roman fort and civil settlement
3.9 km
Maiden Castle near Brough
4.6 km
Rookby Scarth medieval settlement
5.5 km
Romano-British farmstead 700m east of Whingill
6.3 km
Roper Castle Roman signal station, on the eastern flank of Moudy Mea, 700m south of Summit Reservoir
6.4 km
Romano-British farmstead 670m ESE of Whingill
6.5 km
Romano-British farmstead 650m south east of Whingill
6.8 km
Settlement N of Hartley Quarries
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman Signal Station, 270m south west of Punchbowl Bridge

Roman Signal Station, 270m south west of Punchbowl Bridge stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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