Stylised illustration depicting Pike Hill Signal Tower on Hadrian's Wall, with signal fire basket protruding from the upper doorway. A pile of logs and two haystacks are next to the tower, perhaps stored for fire wood and tinder.

Date:
circa 1985 - circa 2000
Location:
Pike Hill Signal Tower, Waterhead, Carlisle, Cumbria
Reference:
IC048/017
Type:
Artwork
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Description

The illustration could be a copy of a carving depicting a signal tower; a reconstruction of Pike Hill Signal Tower can be seen in illustration IC048/011 and shows a similar structure and piles of fire-making materials. Pike Hill Signal Tower is thought to have been constructed before the turf and stone walls of Hadrian's Wall, and is believed to have been in use right up until the fourth century AD. A note on the sheet reads 'Pike Hill Signal Tower, 74', and may refer to the locations/ publications where this illustration was to be reproduced.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC048 Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site, Cumbria/ Northumberland/ Tyne And Wear; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Corke, Philip

Keywords

Roman Signal Station