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Roman fortlet, 200m SSE of Castrigg

England
List entry 1007174
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007174
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.13 hectares
Grid reference
NY 67481 22172
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

A Roman fortlet, 200m SSE of Castrigg, is a small auxiliary military installation located in Westmorland in the north-west of England. The fortlet dates to the Roman period and forms part of the network of defensive and supply installations established across northern Britain during the imperial occupation. Its position reflects Roman strategic control of the upland terrain and communication routes in the region, typical of the pattern of fortification that characterised Roman military organisation in Britannia. The site remains an important archaeological record of Roman provincial administration, though its precise dimensions and structural details would require specialist survey work to establish with certainty.

Roman fortlet, 200m SSE of Castrigg is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007174. View the official record →

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What is Roman fortlet, 200m SSE of Castrigg?

A Roman fortlet, 200m SSE of Castrigg, is a small auxiliary military installation located in Westmorland in the north-west of England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007174.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman fortlet, 200m SSE of Castrigg?

Roman fortlet, 200m SSE of Castrigg 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 1007174.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman fortlet, 200m SSE of Castrigg?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork 600ft (180m) NW of Coupland Beck Farmhouse (4.7 km), Druidical Judgement Seat (5.6 km), Bowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet Beck (7 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
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Earthwork 600ft (180m) NW of Coupland Beck Farmhouse
4.7 km
Druidical Judgement Seat
5.6 km
Bowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet Beck
7 km
Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race
7.7 km
Crosby Ravensworth churchyard cross
9.1 km
Bowl barrow 60m south-west of Gaythorne Hall
9.3 km
Raise Howe cairn
9.9 km
Romano-British enclosed settlement on Holborn Hill
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman fortlet, 200m SSE of Castrigg

Roman fortlet, 200m SSE of Castrigg stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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