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| roman forts, Cumbria | ||||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| The Frontier |
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| Cumberland was a frontier county, through which Hadrian's Wall ran. To garrison the
roman frontier between the Roman Empire and the unconquered land of the Picts, there
were forts. A few of the sites are exciting places to visit; at quite a number of
roman sites there is very little to see. Before they came the Romans regarded here
as 'beyond the inhabited world'; they stayed and ruled for four or five centuries,
then went away. |
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| Identifications? |
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| The various roman stations are all referred to as roman forts, and the name, as in
roman fort, Ambleside, usually follows the identification in Rivet and Smith 1979.
From the source the Placename is given as the forts name, and various others spelling
are given which are from sources consulted by those authors. The identifications from
this source were updated January 2011. |
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| What's to See? |
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| Be wary about making a special trip to see a roman site; some are exciting, but at
some there is little to see. |
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| A number of roman forts outside Cumbria are included in the gazetteer as they are
relevant to sources used in the Lakes Project; and, in at least one case, because
the Latin name is one that is wrongly used locally, see Virosidum. There are also
roman forts in the lists which may or may not have been roman stations of any sort;
in each instance the source of information should have been given in the Place Record. |
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| The Wall |
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| Other Roman sites such as milecastles and turrets along
Hadrian's Wall can be found in the gazetteer. They are also listed together at the end of the Hadrian's Wall
entry. |
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| references:- |
Rivet, A L F &Smith, Colin: 1979: Place-Names of Roman Britain: Batsford, B T (London)::
ISBN 0 7134 2077 4 |
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| Bidwell, Paul (ed): 1999: Hadrian's Wall 1989-1999 (excavation report): CWAAS (Carlisle,
Cumbria):: ISBN 1 873124 29 5 Forde-Johnson, James: 1978: Hadrian's Wall: Michael Joseph (London):: ISBN 0 7181 1652 6 Johnson, Stephen: 1989: Hadrian's Wall: Batsford, B T &English Heritage (London):: ISBN 0 7134 5958 1 (pbk) |
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