The earthwork remains of a first-century A.D. Roman fort and a possible second-century fortlet.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
The earthwork remains of a first-century A.D. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
Caermote Roman fort 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 Two Roman forts and three sections of Roman road at Caermote (0.2 km), Blennerhasset Roman fort, 300m south west of Harbybrow (4.6 km), Three Romano-British settlements, an irregular aggregate field system, and a bowl barrow on Aughertree Fell (6 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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