🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Campfield tower and coastal frontier defences in Cumbria
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 430) inscribed in 1987
- Part of the Roman frontier system stretching across northern Britain and Germany
- Located 350m southwest of Campfield Farm on the Cumbrian coast
- Consists of a stone watchtower, defensive ditches, and Roman road segments
Campfield (tower 2b) is a small stone-built Roman watchtower forming part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, a UNESCO World Heritage Site designation recognizing one of history's most extensive border defence systems. Located on the Cumbrian coast in northwest England, the site comprises the remains of a tower foundation, associated parallel defensive ditches, and a segment of Roman road that once connected military installations across the northern frontier. The tower would have housed a ...