Pike Hill Signal Tower

Pike Hill Signal Tower is a fort in Burtholme, Cumberland, England. Pike Hill Signal Tower is situated nearby to Banks East Turret - Hadrians Wall, as well as near the archaeological site Mile Castle 52.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leahill Turret and Milecastle 53.

Leahill Turret

Historic site

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Leahill Turret is a typical example of one of the lookout towers located between the milecastles on Hadrian's Wall in Cumbria, located on the Lanercost Road near Banks, Parish of Waterhead. Leahill Turret is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Pike Hill Signal Tower.

Milecastle 53

Archaeological site

Milecastle 53 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall. Milecastle 53 is situated 3,900 feet west of Pike Hill Signal Tower.

Church of St Cuthbert

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Church of St Cuthbert is situated 1¼ miles east of Pike Hill Signal Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banks and Lanercost.

Banks

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Banks is a village in Cumbria, England, astride the course of Hadrian's Wall, 3 mile NE of the market town of Brampton. The historic Lanercost Priory is just a mile to the SW.

Lanercost

Hamlet

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lanercost is a village in the northern part of Cumbria, England. The settlement is in the civil parish of Burtholme, in the Cumberland local government district. Lanercost is known for the presence of Lanercost Priory and its proximity to Hadrian's Wall.

Hallbankgate

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Hallbankgate is a village in Cumbria, England, 13 miles east of Carlisle. A former coal and lead mining village, it straddles the A689 Brampton to Alston road. Hallbankgate is situated 3 miles south of Pike Hill Signal Tower.

Pike Hill Signal Tower

Type: Fort
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Burtholme, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.97596° or 54° 58′ 33″ north

Longitude

-2.66299° or 2° 39′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C6VX8GP+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 793363357

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

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