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Burrow Walls Roman fort

England
List entry 1007161
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007161
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.85 hectares
Grid reference
NY 00404 30038, NY 00308 30078
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Burrow Walls is a Roman auxiliary fort located in Cumberland in north-west England, dating to the second century AD. The fort was established as part of Rome's military infrastructure during the occupation of Britain and sits within the broader network of defensive installations along the northern frontier. The site preserves earthwork remains that reveal the characteristic layout of a Roman fort, including ditches and ramparts that once defined its perimeter and internal structures. Its position and construction reflect the strategic importance of controlling the Lake District region during the Roman period.

Burrow Walls Roman fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007161. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Burrow Walls Roman fort?

Burrow Walls is a Roman auxiliary fort located in Cumberland in north-west England, dating to the second century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007161.

Who is responsible for protecting Burrow Walls Roman fort?

Burrow Walls Roman fort 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 1007161.

What other scheduled monuments are near Burrow Walls Roman fort?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house (1.4 km), Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay (2.4 km), Defended enclosure at Salterbeck (4.3 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
1.4 km
Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay
2.4 km
Defended enclosure at Salterbeck
4.3 km
Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
5.5 km
Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
6 km
Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
6 km
Calva Hall Bridge
6.6 km
Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
6.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Burrow Walls Roman fort

Burrow Walls Roman fort stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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