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Nether Denton Roman fort is a first and second century military installation located in Cumberland on the Stanegate road, which formed a significant supply and communication route across northern England prior to the construction of Hadrian's Wall. The fort was established to control passage along this important artery and served as a base for auxiliary troops during the Roman occupation of Britain. Associated with the fort is a civilian settlement or vicus that developed to service military personnel and facilitate trade. The Stanegate itself extended approximately eighty Roman miles across the landscape, connecting the fort installations that guarded the frontier zone during the later first and early second centuries AD.
Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018501. View the official record →
Nether Denton Roman fort is a first and second century military installation located in Cumberland on the Stanegate road, which formed a significant supply and communication route across northern England prior to the construction of Hadrian's Wall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018501.
Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road 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 1018501.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall (2.1 km), The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot (2.9 km), Tower Tye ringwork (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road'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.
Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.