Skinburness (milefortlet 9), part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, and earlier Roman camp
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Description
"The monument includes the buried remains of Skinburness Roman milefortlet together with the buried remains of an earlier Roman camp which partly underlies the milefortlet. Within the sequence of milefortlets along the Cumbrian coast this one has been identified as number 9. It was originally of turf and timber construction and is located on the crest of the gravel ridge which runs along the centre of a narrow spit called Grune Point. The monument was discovered during the late 1940s when aerial photographs clearly revealed the crop marks of the milefortlet's rampart and ditch and, to the south west of the milefortlet...." -
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Historic England -
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Further information
Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1015414
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Added by: Edmund Anon
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