What is recorded here

Martoine Castle stands in North Devon as a Roman signal station, marked on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled monument. The name suggests a castle, but the function was clearer: a point for sending news along the coast or border. Whether the public may walk there is not decided by the list alone, since protection and entry are separate matters. What remains is a small sharp place in the landscape, still pointing outward like a signal flame frozen in stone.

The National Heritage List for England records Martinhoe Castle (Roman signal station) as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built by the Romans as a signal station, Martinhoe Castle dates to the 1st to 4th century AD and is important as a rare example of Roman military communication infrastructure in England.

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