Brigantia England

County Durham

County Durham’s landscape is often described as a “three-belt county.” To the west rise the high, windswept Pennines; in the…

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Cana Barn Henge

The stats for this Neolithic monument are astounding: 200m across, once a great circle of earthen banks and deep ditches.…

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Adwick-le-Street Roman Fort (Derventio)

Derventio was an auxiliary fort, it probably housed a mounted ala or an infantry cohort. It is located immediately west…

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Templeborough Roman Fort – Rotherham

Templeborough Roman Fort occupies a commanding position on the north bank of the River Don at Rotherham (OS grid SK…

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Great Roe Wood (Roe Wood) Enclosure – Woodhouse

Great Roe Wood (often simply called “Roe Wood”) sits on the Magnesian Limestone ridge that carries the Roman Rig between…

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Wincobank Hill Fort

This is an oval fort with an internal area of 2.5 acres. A bank, ditch and counterscarp bank are continuous…

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Scoles Coppice Fort

Scholes (or Scoles) Coppice Camp (sometimes called “Caesar’s Camp”) lies just north-west of Kimberworth in Rotherham, atop the same Magnesian…

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Dryburn Henge, Cumbria

Dryburn Henge lies on Alston Moor in Cumbria, within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It occupies a…

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