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Castlesteads Roman fort is a second-century military installation situated on Hadrian's Wall in Cumberland, positioned to the south of the wall line itself. The fort was constructed during the reign of Hadrian and served as an auxiliary fortification controlling the strategic valley approach along the line of the Wall. The vallum, the characteristic flat-bottomed ditch with flanking mounds that formed part of Hadrian's Wall system, survives as an archaeological feature running between the track to the east of the fort and the Cam Beck to the west, preserving evidence of the fort's defensive infrastructure and territorial demarcation. The site represents an important example of the integrated defensive arrangements that characterized the Hadrianic frontier programme in northern Britain during the Roman occupation.
Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010985. View the official record →
Castlesteads Roman fort is a second-century military installation situated on Hadrian's Wall in Cumberland, positioned to the south of the wall line itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010985.
Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west 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 1010985.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church (2.2 km), Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church (2.5 km), Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church (2.6 km).
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