Roper Castle Roman signal station, on the eastern flank of Moudy Mea, 700m south of Summit Reservoir is a Roman watch tower site recorded in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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Roper Castle Roman signal station, on the eastern flank of Moudy Mea, 700m south of Summit Reservoir is a Roman watch tower site recorded in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a watch tower site from the Roman period in Britain.
Roper Castle Roman signal station, on the eastern flank of Moudy Mea, 700m south of Summit Reservoir is classified as a Roman watch tower — a military site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Reycross (2.2 km), Unenclosed hut circle settlement, two round cairns, medieval transhumance settlement and two pillow mounds, 360m south east of Rey Cross Roman camp (2.2 km), Maiden Castle Roman Fortlet (Cumbria) (2.3 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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This page covers the Roman site at Roper Castle Roman signal station, on the eastern flank of Moudy Mea, 700m south of Summit Reservoir. A full Aubrey report for the area pulls together this site alongside scheduled monuments and everything else the record holds within a few miles:
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