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This Roman signal station and camp, located 270 metres north-east of Bowes Moor Hotel in Yorkshire, is a fortified installation dating to the Roman occupation of Britain. The site comprises a small fort with associated earthwork defences characteristic of the Roman military infrastructure developed to control and communicate across the northern frontier during the second century AD. The station formed part of the strategic network of signal stations and camps established along major Roman routes and vulnerable stretches of the provincial road system. Such installations served dual purposes as points of military observation and secure way-stations for troops and official traffic moving through the challenging terrain of the Pennines.
Roman signal station and camp 270m north east of Bowes Moor Hotel is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016463. View the official record →
This Roman signal station and camp, located 270 metres north-east of Bowes Moor Hotel in Yorkshire, is a fortified installation dating to the Roman occupation of Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016463.
Roman signal station and camp 270m north east of Bowes Moor Hotel 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 1016463.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rey Cross, 670m west of Old Spital (2.5 km), Romano-British settlement 740m WNW of Old Spital (2.6 km), Unenclosed hut circle settlement, two round cairns, medieval transhumance settlement and two pillow mounds, 360m south east of Rey Cross Roman camp (2.8 km).
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