Roman fort at present-day Beckfoot. Part of the Cumbrian coastal defenses.
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Roman fort at present-day Beckfoot. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
B(r)ibra? is classified as a Roman fort — a military site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Roman fortlet 40m SSW of Castle Fields (0.4 km), Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House (0.9 km), Bank Mill tower 15a, 250m north west of Belmont House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast (1 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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