At Low Borrowbridge, northeast of Kendal, are remains of a Roman auxiliary fort that was in use from the time of the Flavians until the fifth century A.D.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
At Low Borrowbridge, northeast of Kendal, are remains of a Roman auxiliary fort that was in use from the time of the Flavians until the fifth century A.D. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
Low Borrowbridge 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 Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling (9 km), Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road (10.5 km), Cow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shieling (10.8 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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