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Mains Rigg Roman signal station is a scheduled monument located in Cumberland in northern England. The site dates to the Roman period and forms part of the network of military communications infrastructure that supported Roman occupation and control of the northern frontier region. The station would have functioned as a lookout post contributing to surveillance and signalling systems along the frontier, typical of Roman auxiliary installations deployed during the imperial administration of Britain. Physical remains of such installations are often slight, comprising earthwork evidence of fortified structures and associated defensive works.
Roman signal station on Mains Rigg is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013605. View the official record →
Mains Rigg Roman signal station is a scheduled monument located in Cumberland in northern England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013605.
Roman signal station on Mains Rigg 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 1013605.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road (2 km), Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall (2.2 km), Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52 (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman signal station on Mains Rigg'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.
Roman signal station on Mains Rigg stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.