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Roman Forts in Britain

Every Roman fort recorded in Britain — auxiliary forts, legionary fortresses and signal stations from Hadrian's Wall to the Saxon Shore.

299 sites — individual pages for each

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Forts in Roman Britain

The Roman military presence in Britain left a dense network of forts stretching from the Saxon Shore in the south to the Antonine Wall in Scotland. Auxiliary forts garrisoned units of 500 or 1,000 soldiers drawn from across the Empire, while legionary fortresses housed the full strength of a Roman legion — some 5,000 men. Many of Britain's modern towns grew from the civilian settlements that developed outside fort walls.

All 299 fort sites recorded in Britain are listed below, each with its own dedicated page covering historical context, significance, nearby Roman sites, scheduled monuments and Domesday Book cross-references.

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299 Fort sites in Britain

‘Cicutio’
‘Cocanges’/‘Concangios’
‘Gobannio’
‘Lavobrinta’?
‘Leucaro’
‘Maglone’
‘Mamucio’
‘Medibogdo’
‘Nemetotacio’
‘Nido’
(A)Esica
*Brocolitia
*Camboglanna
*Coriosopitum/Coria
*Glannoventa
*Vercovicium
Aballava
Adel
Alabum
Alauna
Alauna
Alauna
Alauna/Alione
Alchester
Ancaster
Anderidos
Arbeia
Ardotalia (Zerdotalia)
Auchendavy
B(r)ibra?
Balmuildy Roman Fort
Banna
Bannatia?
Bar Hill Roman Fort
Barochan Hill
Bearsden
Bertha
Blakehope Roman fort and Roman temporary camp
Blatobulgium
Blennerhasset Roman fort, 300m south west of Harbybrow
Blestium
Bochastle
Bothwellhaugh
Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
Branodunum
Branogenium
Brav(o)niacum
Bremenium
Bremetennacum Veteranorum
Bremia
Brocavum
Brompton Roman fort
Broxtowe Roman fort
Burgh Castle Roman fort, vicus, pre-Conquest monastery and Norman motte and bailey castle
Burrium
Cadder
Cae Gaer Roman fort
Caer Gai
Caer Llugwy
Caerau
Caermote Roman fort
Caerphilly Roman fort
Caersws
Caister-on-Sea
Calstock Roman fort
Camp Hill promontory fort and Romano-British temple complex
Cappuck
Cargill
Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium
Carmarthen
Carpow
Carrow Hill Roman fort
Carzield
Castell Collen
Castlecary
Castlehill
Castra Exploratorum
Cataractonium Roman forts and town
Cawdor
Cefn Caer
Cefn-Brynich
Chew Green
Chûn Castle
Cilurnum
Clyro
Col. Glevum
Colani(c)a?
Colwyn
Combretovium
Condercum
Congavata
Corda?
Cramond
Crawford
Croy Hill
Cullompton Forts
Cwmcarfan
Dalswinton
Danum?
Derventio
Derventio
Deva
Doune
Drumanagh
Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall between Burgh Marsh and Westfield House in wall miles 76 and 77
Drumlanrig
Duntocher
Dynevor Park
Easter Happrew Roman Fort
Eaton House Fort
Elginhaugh Roman fort
Elslack Roman Fort
Epiakon (Epiacum)
Falkirk
Fanum Cocidi
Fendoch
Gabrosentum
Galava
Gelligaer
Gelligaer Roman Fort II
Glenlochar Roman Fort
Goldsborough Roman Signal Station
Grandford
Great Chesterford
Great Chesters Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall between the Caw Burn and the track to Cockmount Hill farm in wall miles 42 and 43
Greta Bridge
Habitancum
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybrae at Halton Shields and Haltonchesters Roman fort in wall miles 20 and 21
Healam Bridge Roman fort and vicus
Hindwell Farm
Ilkley (Verbeia?)
Ince fortlet
Inveravon
Inveresk
Isca Dumnoniorum
Isca Silurum
Ischalis?
Isurium
Jay Lane Roman fort
Kalagon/Galacum
Kanovium/Conovium
Kinvaston Fort
Kirkbride
Kirkby Thore Roman Fort and Associated Vicus
Kirkintilloch
Kirmington
Ladyward Roman Fort
Lagentium
Lake Farm Roman fort
Lancaster
Lanchester Roman fort (Longovicium)
Lapford
Later prehistoric to Romano-British multiple enclosure fort and prehistoric round barrow, 350m south east of Bogee Farm
Lavatris
Learchild Roman fort
Lindon?
Llanfor
Llwyn-y-Brain
London Wall: the west gate of Cripplegate fort and a section of Roman wall in London Wall underground car park, adjacent to Noble Street
Longovicium
Longthorpe
Longthorpe Roman fort and settlement
Loudoun Hill
Low Borrowbridge
Luguvalium
Lunt Roman fort
Lyne
Magis?
Magnis
Maia
Maiden Castle Roman Fortlet (Cumbria)
Maiden Castle, Dorset
Malling
Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
Mediolanum
Metchley Fort
Milecastle 42 (Cawfields)
Miskin
Moridunum
Muir O' Fauld
Mumrills
Nanstallon
Navio
Nether Denton Roman fort
Newton Kyme
Noviomagus
Oakwood Roman fort
Old Kilpatrick
Old Oswestry
Onnum
Othona
Park House Roman fort
Pen Llystyn
Pen-Llwyn fort
Pen-y-Gaer Roman fort
Pennocrucium
Penydarren Roman fort
Piercebridge
Pinnata Castra
Pomeroy Wood
Pons Aeli
Portus Dubris
Portus Lemanis
Pumsaint Roman Fort (ancient Louentinon?)
Raeburnfoot
Regulbium
Rigodounon?
Roall auxiliary fort
Roecliffe Fort
Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
Roman fort
Roman fort 200yds (182m) E of All Saints' Church
Roman fort 300m east of Drayton Lodge Farm
Roman fort 300m NE of Cudmore Farm
Roman fort and a section of Roman road 350m north west of Holly House Farm
Roman Fort and Associated Features 150m South-West of Standing Flat Bridge
Roman fort and civil settlement, Over Burrow
Roman fort and enclosure at Sutton Cross
Roman fort and outworks 550yds (500m) SW of Canon Frome Court
Roman fort and prehistoric enclosed settlement 400m west of Carkin Moor Farm
Roman Fort and sections of Roman Roads
Roman fort and watch tower, 800m SSW of Amberfield
Roman fort at Coppice House
Roman fort at Crab Farm
Roman Fort at Hadleigh
Roman fort at Robin Hood's Well
Roman fort at Wensley
Roman fort NE of Buckton
Roman Fort on Lease Rigg
Roman fort, Roman town, Roman and Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at Great Chesterford
Roman fort, Saxon church and medieval hospital at Dodderhill
Roman fort, south of Littleborough Lane
Roman Fortress at York
Roman Forts and Camps at Cawthorn
Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments
Roman town of Magiovinium and Roman fort
Rossington Roman fort
Rough Castle
Ruthin
Rutupiae
Salinae
Segedunum
Segontium
Site of Roman fort and settlement 400m north of Brickyard Farm
Slack Roman Fort (Camulodonum?)
South-western section of the Roman Fort of the Classis Britannica, near Albany Place
Stracathro
Strageath
Stretton Mill Fort
Strutt's Park Roman fort
Tameia?
Tamion?
Tassiesholm
Templebrough
The fort and Roman walled town of Durobrivae and its south, west and east suburbs, immediately south and east of Water Newton Village
The Nunnery
The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
The Roman fort, vicus, bridge abutments and associated remains of Hadrian's Wall at Chesters in wall mile 27
The section of Stanegate Roman road from Fell End Roman temporary camp to the track to Old Shield, and the Roman cemetery adjacent to Carvoran Roman fort
Three Cocks Roman fort
Tiverton
Tomen y mur
Trawscoed fort
Trimontium
Troutbeck Roman fort and annexe
Turret 31B (Carraw East)
Turret 32A (Carraw West)
Turret 32B (Brown Moor)
Turret 42B (Great Chesters)
Two Roman forts and three sections of Roman road at Caermote
Two Roman forts, two Roman camps, vicus, Iron Age enclosure, Bronze Age barrows and Neolithic henge monument west of Newton Kyme
Unnamed Roman fort, Cheeke Street, Exeter
Uxelodu(nu)m
Varis
Velunia(te)
Venonis
Verteris
Victoria?
Vindolanda
Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Roman forts, civil settlement and cemeteries, adjacent length of the Stanegate Roman road and two milestones
Vindomora
Vindovala
Vinovia
Virosidum
Voreda
Waddon Hill
Walton Castle
Washing Wells Roman Fort
Watercrook Roman Fort and Settlement
Watling Lodge
Westerwood
Whitemoss Roman auxiliary fort
Wiston fort
Withdrawn (duplicate): Seabegs Wood
Wiveliscombe Auxiliary Fort
Wonastow
Woodcock Hall
Wroxeter Roman fort
York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery
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