Carrawburgh
Carrawburgh is a settlement in Northumberland. In Roman times, it was the site of a 3+1⁄2-acre auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall called Brocolitia, Procolita, or Brocolita.Photo: Putney9, Public domain.
Photo: Senortubbs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman fort in Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as: “Brocolitia Roman fort”, “Carrawburgh Roman fort & Hadrian’s Wall & vallum between the field boundary east of the fort & the field boundary west of Coventina’s Well in wall mile 31”, “Carrawburgh Roman fort and Hadrian’s Wall and vallum between the field boundary east of the fort and the field boundary west of Coventina’s Well in wall mile 31”, and “Carrawburgh, Northumberland”
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coventina’s Well and Milecastle 32.
Coventina’s Well
Spring
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coventina’s Well is a spring, which is situated 490 feet west of Carrawburgh.
Milecastle 32
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 32 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as earthworks and with no exposed masonry. The layout of the milecastle walls is defined by robber trenches (to a maximum depth of 0.3 metres. Milecastle 32 is situated 1 mile west of Carrawburgh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenhaugh and Limestone Corner.
Greenhaugh
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenhaugh is a small village in Northumberland, England. It is located northwest of Bellingham and borders the Northumberland National Park. It is in the parish of Tarset.
Limestone Corner
Locality
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Limestone Corner is an area of Hadrian's Wall at its most northerly point, in present-day northern England. It represents the most northerly point of the Roman Empire, outside the two periods during which the Antonine Wall was occupied by the Roman military.
Carrawburgh
- Categories: castrum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Newbrough, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Carrawburgh” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Carrawburgh”
- Cebuano: “Brocolitia Roman fort”
- Chinese: “卡洛堡”
- Chinese: “卡羅伯格”
- Czech: “Carrawburgh”
- Dutch: “Carrawburgh”
- Dutch: “Fort van Carrawburgh”
- French: “Brocolitia”
- French: “Fort romain de Carrawburgh”
- German: “Brocolitia”
- German: “Carrawburgh”
- Irish: “Carrawburgh”
- Latin: “Brocolita”
- Latin: “Brocolitia”
- Latin: “Procolita”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carrawburgh”
- Norwegian: “Carrawburgh”
- Polish: “Carrawburgh”
- Slovak: “Carrawburgh”
- Swedish: “Brocolitia Roman fort”
- Welsh: “Carrawburgh”
- “Carrawburgh”
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