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Piper Sike Turret (51a)

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Piper Sike Turret (51a)
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Piper Sike Turret (51a) is shown as a heritage attraction on the public map of Cumberland. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Piper Sike Turret (51a) is a 19th-century defensive structure associated with the historic military road network in the Carlisle area. It is important as a rare surviving example of a small frontier outpost used during the post-Roman and medieval periods for border defense.

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Photo: Mike Quinn · CC BY-SA 2.0