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Carvoran Roman fort is a fortified installation located on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, occupying a strategically significant position along the northern frontier of Roman Britain. The fort dates to the second century AD and was constructed to garrison auxiliary troops responsible for controlling movement along this major defensive line. The visible remains, which lie between the unclassified road to Old Shield and a field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46, comprise earthwork traces of the fort's defences alongside the substantial linear features of Hadrian's Wall itself and the vallum, a parallel ditch and bank system that marked the southern boundary of the military zone. The site represents an important element of the Hadrianic frontier system established under the Emperor Hadrian in the second century AD and remains a significant archaeological monument recording Roman military organisation and landscape control in northern Britain.
Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010991. View the official record →
Carvoran Roman fort is a fortified installation located on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, occupying a strategically significant position along the northern frontier of Roman Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010991.
Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46 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 1010991.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blenkinsopp Castle (uninhabited parts) (1.2 km), Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp (2.1 km), Bellister Castle (uninhabited parts) (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46 stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.