2021
NY5764 : Pike Hill signal tower
taken 4 years ago, near to Banks, Cumbria, England
This is 1 of 2 images, with title Pike Hill signal tower in this square
Pike Hill signal tower
Built 30 years before Hadrian's Wall it was later incorporated into the wall. Sadly later truncated by the adjacent highway.
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall or 'Vallum Aelium' is the remains of a large Roman fortification. The wall extended west from Segedunum at Wallsend on the River Tyne to the shore of the Solway Firth, ending a short but unknown distance west of the village of Bowness-on-Solway. Construction probably started some time in AD 122 and was largely completed within six years.
The remains were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
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- Grid Square
- NY5764, 93 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Sandy Gerrard (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 8 September, 2021 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NY 5765 6478 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.5491N 2:39.7898W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NY 5764 6478
- View Direction
- Northeast (about 45 degrees)
