Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
 |
|
| roman fort, Beckfoot | ||
| Bibra | ||
| Castlefields | ||
| locality:- | Beckfoot | |
| civil parish:- | Holme St Cuthbert (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | roman fort | |
| coordinates:- | NY08974885 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0848 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY04 | |
|
|
||
| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 27 7) |
|
| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Castle Fields / (Supposed site of) CAMP" |
|
|
|
||
| evidence:- | text:- Rivet and Smith 1979 placename:- Bibra |
|
| source data:- | Probably the roman fort at Beckfoot, Cumberland, at the mouth of the little stream
from Wolsty Springs. |
|
|
|
||
| notes:- |
Supposed bastle or stone house, but more likely remains of a roman fort. |
|
| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6 |
||
|
|
||
Lakes Guides menu.