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Hardknott Roman Fort

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Hardknott Roman Fort is an archeological site, the remains of the Roman fort Mediobogdum, located on the western side of the Hardknott Pass in the English county of Cumbria (formerly part of Cumberland). [1]

29 relations: Ambleside, Ambleside Roman Fort, Britannia, Castra, Cumberland, Cumbria, Dalmatia, Dorothy Charlesworth, England, English Heritage, Eskdale, Cumbria, Glannoventa, Hardknott Pass, Horreum, Jack Whyte, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Praetorium, R. G. Collingwood, Ravenglass, Ravenna Cosmography, River Esk, Cumbria, Roman Britain, Roman Empire, Roman province, Sudatorium, The Fort at River's Bend, Vicus, Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon, Whitley Castle.

Ambleside

Ambleside is a town in Cumbria, in North West England.

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Ambleside Roman Fort

Ambleside Roman Fort is the modern name given to the remains of a fort of the Roman province of Britannia.

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Britannia

Britannia has been used in several different senses.

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Castra

In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word castrum (plural castra) was a building, or plot of land, used as a fortified military camp.

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Cumberland

Cumberland is a historic county of North West England that had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England.

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Dalmatia

Dalmatia (Dalmacija; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia and Istria.

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Dorothy Charlesworth

Dorothy Charlesworth (1927–1981) was a Roman archaeologist and glass specialist who served as Inspector of Ancient Monuments.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.

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Eskdale, Cumbria

Eskdale is a glacial valley and civil parish in the western Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England.

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Glannoventa

Glannoventa is a consensus form of the Latin place-name for a Roman fort that appeared as Clanoventa in the 2nd century Antonine Itinerary, Glannibanta in the 4th century Notitia Dignitatum, and Cantiventi in the 6th century Ravenna Cosmography.

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Hardknott Pass

Hardknott Pass is a hill pass that carries a minor road between Eskdale and the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England.

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Horreum

A horreum (plural: horrea) was a type of public warehouse used during the ancient Roman period.

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Jack Whyte

Jack Whyte (born 1940) is a Scottish-Canadian novelist of historical fiction.

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National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the largest membership organisation in the United Kingdom.

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Praetorium

The Latin term praetorium — or prœtorium or pretorium — originally signified a general's tent within a Roman castra, castellum, or encampment.

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R. G. Collingwood

Robin George Collingwood, FBA (22 February 1889 – 9 January 1943), was an English philosopher, historian and archaeologist.

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Ravenglass

Ravenglass is a small coastal village and natural harbour in Cumbria, England roughly halfway between Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven.

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Ravenna Cosmography

The Ravenna Cosmography (Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia, "The Cosmography of the Unknown Ravennese") is a list of place-names covering the world from India to Ireland, compiled by an anonymous cleric in Ravenna around 700.

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River Esk, Cumbria

The River Esk, sometimes called the Cumbrian Esk, is a river in Cumbria, England.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain (Britannia or, later, Britanniae, "the Britains") was the area of the island of Great Britain that was governed by the Roman Empire, from 43 to 410 AD.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Roman province

In Ancient Rome, a province (Latin: provincia, pl. provinciae) was the basic and, until the Tetrarchy (from 293 AD), the largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside Italy.

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Sudatorium

In architecture, a sudatorium is a vaulted sweating-room (sudor, sweat) of the Roman baths or thermae.

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The Fort at River's Bend

The Fort at River's Bend is a 1997 historical novel by Canadian novelist Jack Whyte.

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Vicus

In Ancient Rome, the vicus (plural vici) was a neighborhood or settlement.

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Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon

Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon is an area of protected countryside, now held as National Trust property: it is part of the Lake District, located in south-western Cumbria, England.

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Whitley Castle

Whitley Castle is a large and uniquely shaped Roman fort (castra) north-west of Alston, Cumbria, England that was known to the Romans as Epiacum.

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Hardknott Castle, Hardknott Fort, Mediobogdum.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardknott_Roman_Fort

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