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Sea Brows is a milefortlet, specifically the twenty-third installation in the series of fortified structures built along the Cumbrian coast as part of the Roman frontier defences in northern Britain. Dating to the second century AD, it forms part of the coastal extension of the Hadrianic frontier system and was constructed to regulate movement and maintain military control along this strategically important stretch of the northwestern frontier. The milefortlet survives as an earthwork monument consisting of raised platform structures characteristic of this class of small fortified installation, positioned approximately five hundred metres south-west of Bank End near the Cumberland coast. These coastal milefortlets represented an integral component of Roman military infrastructure designed to protect supply routes and monitor activity along the Irish Sea littoral.
Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014912. View the official record →
Sea Brows is a milefortlet, specifically the twenty-third installation in the series of fortified structures built along the Cumbrian coast as part of the Roman frontier defences in northern Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014912.
Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast 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 1014912.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road (0.7 km), Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort (0.9 km), Netherhall (1.3 km).
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