Thesaurus Term/Concept: SIGNAL STATION

Identifier 68687
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A building or tower used to communicate information to shipping or other stations using signals such as flags, fires or lights. Roman signal stations took the form of a stone tower surrounded by a ditched enclosure and were used to warn of Saxon raids.

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Context Record
Monument Type MHG52433 Admiralty signalling station, Dunan Mor, Cape Wrath (Building)
Monument Type MHG52313 BANK HEAD, 1, 2, 3, 4 COASTGUARD COTTAGES, LLOYD'S SIGNAL STATION AND SIGNAL POST (Building)
Monument Type MHG35507 LEACAN DONNA, PORT WAR SIGNAL STATION (Monument)
Monument Type MHG59180 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun Emplacement and Loch Ewe Signal Station - Sidhean Corrach (Monument)
Monument Type MHG59897 Port War Signal Station - Coast Battery, Site No. 1, North Sutor (Monument)
Monument Type MHG53311 Post-WII Control Tower - Royal Naval Dockyard, Invergordon (Monument)
Monument Type MHG36394 Signal Station and Camp - Port War Signal Station, South Sutor (Monument)