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Roman fort is a scheduled ancient monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site represents a military installation of the Roman occupation period in Britain, erected as part of the defensive and administrative infrastructure that characterised Roman control of the northern frontier. The fort's physical remains survive as earthworks and buried archaeological deposits that have yielded evidence of Roman occupation and garrison activity. The site is of significance for understanding the strategic positioning and logistics of Roman military forces during their presence in northern England.
Roman fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004885. View the official record →
Roman fort is a scheduled ancient monument located in Yorkshire, England.
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 1004885.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Acklam Wold barrow group: a pair of bell barrows and a bowl barrow 200m south-west of Acklam Wold House (9.6 km), Acklam Wold barrow group: a bowl barrow 150m south-west of Acklam Wold House (9.6 km), Aldro earthworks: a cross-dyke on Birdsall Wold, 200m west of Brown Moor Farm (9.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman fort'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.
Roman fort stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.