Cilurnum
Cilurnum or Cilurvum was an ancient Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall at Chesters near the village of Walwick, Northumberland. It is also known as Walwick Chesters to distinguish it from Great Chesters fort and Halton Chesters.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stevenfruitsmaak, Public domain.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman fort at Hadrian’s Wall
- Also known as: “Chesters Roman Fort” and “Chesters Roman Fort Cilurnum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chesters Bridge and Clayton Museum.
Chesters Bridge
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chesters Bridge was a Roman bridge over the River North Tyne at Chollerford, Northumberland, England, and adjacent to the Roman fort of Cilurnum on Hadrian's Wall. Chesters Bridge is situated 860 feet east of Cilurnum.
Clayton Museum
Museum
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clayton Museum is situated 850 feet north of Cilurnum.
Milecastle 27
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 27 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. It was located on the line of Hadrian's Wall, approximately midway between the A6079 and the River North Tyne. Milecastle 27 is situated 1,700 feet east of Cilurnum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chollerford and Low Brunton.
Chollerford
Village
Photo: Bobthebilda, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chollerford is a village in Northumberland, England, approximately four miles north of Hexham on the B6318, the Military Road, not far from Hadrian's Wall.
Low Brunton
Hamlet
Low Brunton is a small village in Northumberland, England. Nearby settlements include Humshaugh, Chollerford and Walwick.
Cilurnum
- Categories: castellum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Humshaugh, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.02593° or 55° 1′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.13967° or 2° 8′ 23″ westElevation
213 feet (65 metres)Open location code
9C7V2VG6+94OpenStreetMap ID
way 371643014OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Cilurnum” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Cilurnum”
- Catalan: “Cilurnum”
- Cebuano: “Chesters Roman fort”
- Chinese: “車士打羅馬兵營”
- Czech: “Chesters Roman Fort”
- Czech: “Cilurnum”
- Czech: “Cilurvum”
- Dutch: “Cilurnum”
- French: “Cilurnum”
- French: “fort de Chesters”
- French: “Fort de Chesters”
- French: “fort de Walwick Chesters”
- German: “Cilurnum”
- German: “Kastell Chesters”
- German: “Kastell Cilurnum”
- Italian: “Cilurnum”
- Latin: “Cilurnum”
- Latin: “Cilurvum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cilurnum”
- Spanish: “Cilurnum”
- Swedish: “Chesters Roman fort”
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Nearby Places
Explore places such as Chesters Tea Room and Waterside.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cilurnum”. Photo: Stevenfruitsmaak, Public domain.