Cumbria and the Lake District
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Welcome to the EDGE Guide to the Roman forts in Cumbria, the Lake District and along the Roman Wall.
A list of Forts in Cumbria and along the Roman Wall
| Fort Name | Roman Name | Defence or road system | Nearest Town | Map Ref |
| Ambleside | Galeva | Lake District | Ambleside | 373044 |
| Beckfoot | Bibra | West Coast | Silloth | 091491 |
| Benwell | Condercum | Hadrian's Wall | Newcastle | 216648 |
| Bewcastle | Banna | Hadrian's Wall | Brampton | 565747 |
| Birdoswald | Camboglanna | Hadrian's Wall | Gilsland | 616663 |
| Bowness-on-Solway | Maia | Hadrian's Wall | Carlisle | 223627 |
| Brougham | Brocavum | Trans-Pennine | Penrith | 538288 |
| Brough | Verterae | Trans-Pennine | Brough | 790141 |
| Burgh-by-Sands | Abavalla | Hadrian's Wall | Carlisle | 329591 |
| Burrow Walls | Not known | West Coast | Workington | 003052 |
| Burrow-in-Lonsdale | Calacum | Trans-Pennine | Lancaster | 615757 |
| Carlisle | Luguvalium | Stanegate | Carlisle | 400559 |
| Carrawburgh | Brocolitia | Hadrian's Wall | Haydon Bridge | 859712 |
| Carvoran | Magna | Hadrian's Wall/Trans-Pennine | Haltwhistle | 666656 |
| Castlesteads | Uxellodunum | Stanegate | Brampton | 515636 |
| Chesterholm | Vindolanda | Stanegate | Haltwhistle | 770663 |
| Corbridge | Corstopitum | Stanegate | Corbridge | 983648 |
| Drumburgh | Congavata | Hadrian's Wall | Carlisle | 265599 |
| Greatchester | Aesica | Hadrian's Wall | Haltwhistle | 704668 |
| Halton | Onnum | Hadrian's Wall | Corbridge | 998685 |
| Hardknott Pass | Mediobogdum | Lake District | Ambleside | 219015 |
| Housesteads | Vercovicium | Hadrian's Wall | Haydon Bridge | 790688 |
| Kirkby Thore | Bravoniacum | Trans-Pennine | Appleby | 640257 |
| Low Borrow Bridge | Not known | Trans-Pennine | Tebay | 610013 |
| Maryport | Alauna | West Coast | Maryport | 038374 |
| Moresby | Gabosentum | West Coast | Whitehaven | 983210 |
| Nether Denton | Not known | Stanegaste | Brampton | 596646 |
| Netherby | Castra Exploratorum | Hadrian's Wall | Longtown | 396716 |
| Newcastle | Pons Aelius | Hadrian's Wall | Newcastle | 251641 |
| Old Carlisle | Maglona | North Cumberland Plain | Wigton | 260464 |
| Old Church | Not known | Stanegate | Brampton | 510615 |
| Old Penrith | Voreda | Trans-Pennine | Penrith | 493385 |
| Papcastle | Derventio | North Cumberland Plain | Cockermouth | 111318 |
| Ravenglass | Glannoventa | West Coast | Ravenglass | 087958 |
| Rudchester | Vindovala | West Coast | Corbridge | 112676 |
| South Shields | Arbeia | Hadrian's Wall | South Shields | 365679 |
| Stanwix | Petriana | Hadrian's Wall | Carlisle | 401571 |
| Throp | Not known | Stanegate | Gilsland | 632660 |
| Troutbeck |
Not known | Lake District | Keswick | 381272 |
| Wallsend | Segundunum | Hadrian's Wall | Wallsend | 300660 |
| Watercrook | Alauna | Lake District | Kendal | 515907 |
| Whitley Castle | Not known | Trans-Pennine | Alston | 696487 |
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