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.
Stevenfruitsmaak, Public domain.- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 210 feet (70 metres)
- Description: Roman fort at Hadrian’s Wall
- Also known as“Chesters Roman Fort”“Chesters Roman Fort Cilurnum”
Places of Interest Nearby
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Chesters Bridge
Chesters Bridge was a Roman bridge over the…
860 feet east of Cilurnum
Milecastle 27
Milecastle 27 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall.
1,700 feet east of Cilurnum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chollerford and Low Brunton.
Low Brunton
Hamlet
Low Brunton is a small village in Northumberland, England.
Cilurnum
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Latitude
55.02593° or 55° 1′ 33″ north
Longitude
-2.13967° or 2° 8′ 23″ west
Open location code
9C7V2VG6+94
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Cilurnum” goes by many names.
CilurnumBreton
CilurnumCatalan
Chesters Roman fortCebuano
車士打羅馬兵營Chinese
Chesters Roman FortCzech
CilurnumCzech
CilurvumCzech
CilurnumDutch
CilurnumItalian
CilurnumLatin
CilurvumLatin
CilurnumNorwegian Nynorsk
Chesters Roman fortSwedish
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