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Barron's Pike, Cumberland

Barrons Pike was a Roman Signal Station in Cumberland. It has a clear line of sight to the Roman station at Robin Hood’s Butts about 2¼ miles to the south-south-west, also to the Hadrian’s Wall Northern Outpost fort at Bewcastle, which lies just over 1¾ miles to the west-south-west. It includes a circular mound of earth and stones measuring approximately 60 feet in diameter and up to 3 feet high, which is surrounded by a ditch varying between 8-18 feet wide by 2 feet deep. A narrow causeway crosses the ditch on the south-west side. The whole monument measures 87ft in diameter. It is within the council area of Cumberland.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1015732.

Place Type: Roman Remains
Historic County: Cumberland
Lat, Long: 55.069295,-2.6344079
Grid Reference: NY 5958 7516
Civil Parish: Askerton CP
Council Area: Cumberland CA
Police Area: Cumbria PA

GBPN ID: 299766
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Barron's_Pike,_Cumberland_299766

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