Catterick (Cataractonium) was one of Roman Yorkshire's most important road junctions, where Dere Street heading north met the road across the Pennines to Carlisle via Scotch Corner. The fort was occupied throughout the Roman period and into the sub-Roman era. The name Catterick appears in the Y Gododdin poem as Catraeth — the site of the famous dark-age battle c.600 AD. Its military significance stretched from the Roman garrison through the post-Roman British kingdoms.
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