Hill forts · Scottish Lowlands
Milefortlet 9
Milefortlet 9 — milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences.
Alexander P Kapp — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Sillloth Miniature Railway · 1.7 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Milefortlet 9 is a hill fort in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Wikidata describes it as: "milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences". Coordinates: 54.8923°, -3.3588°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Upper Solway Flats & Marshes SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Solway Coast
- Ramsar wetland: Upper Solway Flats & Marshes
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Milefortlet 9 (Skinburness) was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade. They were contemporary with defensive structures on Hadrian's Wall. There is little to see on the ground but Milefortlet 9 has been located on aerial photographs.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
Milefortlet 9 is situated in a field northeast of the village of Skinburness, in the civil parish of Silloth. The outline of the milefortlet was seen on aerial photographs in 1949. A portion of an inscribed Roman altar, dedicated to the Matres was found in the summer of 1866 lying on the seashore close to this site, and is now in the British Museum. The coastline to the north is interrupted by Moricambe Bay, and the next known fort is Milefortlet 5. Milefortlets 8, 7 and 6 were once thought to have been eroded by Moricambe, but there is in fact no evidence that the sites ever existed, and the system to the north is believed to begin again with Milefortlet 5.
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- Coordinates
- 54.8923, -3.3588
- District
- Cumberland
- Parish
- Silloth-on-Solway
- Postcode
- CA7 4RA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Penrith and Solway
- Nearest railway station
- Sillloth Miniature Railway — 1.7 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q16247437 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Milefortlet 9 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Milefortlet 9?
- Milefortlet 9 is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode CA7 4RA), in the parish of Silloth-on-Solway.
- Is Milefortlet 9 a listed building?
- Milefortlet 9 is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.
- Is Milefortlet 9 a protected site?
- Yes — Milefortlet 9 is part of the Upper Solway Flats & Marshes SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Solway Coast National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Milefortlet 9 free to visit?
- Yes, Milefortlet 9 is free to enter.
- How do I get to Milefortlet 9?
- The nearest railway station is Sillloth Miniature Railway, about 1.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CA7 4RA.