Mains Rigg signal tower

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Maxime Guénette, Scott Vanderbilt

Last modified Jan 08, 2025 08:29 PM — History

The Mains Rigg signal tower was revealed by excavations (1928; 1971-2) to measure 6.5 m square.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/851023494

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
54.9796739, -2.6058746

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Mains Rigg Roman signal tower (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Mains Rigg signal tower makes connections with:

Mains Rigg signal tower connection Stanegate (AD 43 - AD 410)

Mains Rigg signal tower receives connections from:

None

Place type:
tower (defensive)

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Maxime Guénette, and Scott Vanderbilt, 'Mains Rigg signal tower: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/851023494> [accessed: 14 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/851023494 |title=Places: 851023494 (Mains Rigg signal tower) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=June 14, 2025 3:46 am |publisher=Pleiades}}