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Burgh by Sands Roman fort is a first and second century AD auxiliary fort situated on the Solway Firth in Cumberland, England, forming part of the western frontier system of Roman Britain. The fort, known in Roman records as Aballava, was established to control movement along the coast and served as a supply base for operations in northern Britain, with particular importance during the campaigns of the early Imperial period. The site preserves substantial remains of the fort's defences and internal structures, including evidence of stone fortification characteristic of forts rebuilt in the second century. The fort lies along the line of Hadrian's Wall, between wall miles 70 and 71, and forms an integral part of the wall's coastal extension where it terminates at Burgh Head overlooking the Solway estuary.
Burgh by Sands Roman fort, Beaumont camp, Burgh Castle and Hadrian's Wall from boundary west of churchyard, Beaumont to Burgh Head in wall miles 70 and 71 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018457. View the official record →
Burgh by Sands Roman fort is a first and second century AD auxiliary fort situated on the Solway Firth in Cumberland, England, forming part of the western frontier system of Roman Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018457.
Burgh by Sands Roman fort, Beaumont camp, Burgh Castle and Hadrian's Wall from boundary west of churchyard, Beaumont to Burgh Head in wall miles 70 and 71 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018457.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse (1.6 km), Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill and the field boundary south east of Mill Beck in wall mile 68 (3.6 km), Nowtler Hill 2 Roman temporary camp (3.6 km).
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Burgh by Sands Roman fort, Beaumont camp, Burgh Castle and Hadrian's Wall from boundary west of churchyard, Beaumont to Burgh Head in wall miles 70 and 71 stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.