Brocavum
Brocavum is the Latin name of a Roman fort at Brougham near Penrith, Cumbria. The fort survives as earthworks, but no excavation of these has been carried out so far.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Laplacemat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman fort in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Brocavum Roman Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brougham Castle and Brougham Hall.
Brougham Castle
Photo: Mdbeckwith, CC0.
Brougham Castle is a medieval building about 2 miles south-east of Penrith, Cumbria, England. The castle was founded by Robert I de Vieuxpont in the early 13th century. Brougham Castle is situated 450 feet northwest of Brocavum.
Brougham Hall
Castle
Photo: ArchHist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brougham Hall is a historic house museum located in the village of Brougham just outside Penrith, Cumbria, England. Brougham Hall is situated 3,800 feet southwest of Brocavum.
Countess Pillar
Monument
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Countess Pillar is a 17th-century monument near Brougham, Cumbria, England, between Penrith and Appleby. It is two miles east of Penrith on the A66. Countess Pillar is situated 2,600 feet east of Brocavum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eamont Bridge and Penrith.
Eamont Bridge
Village
Photo: Northernhenge, CC0.
Eamont Bridge is a small village immediately to the south of Penrith, Cumbria, England. The village is named after the bridge over the River Eamont and straddles the boundary between the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland.
Penrith
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penrith is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is less than 3 miles outside the Lake District National Park and about 17 miles south of Carlisle.
Redhills
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Redhills is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dacre, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. Redhills is situated 2 miles west of Brocavum.
Brocavum
- Categories: castrum, ancient Roman structure, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brougham, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.65317° or 54° 39′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.71727° or 2° 43′ 2″ westElevation
387 feet (118 metres)Open location code
9C6VM73M+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 1660790285OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Brocavum” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brocavum”
- German: “Brocavum”
- Swedish: “Brocavum”
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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 “Brocavum”. Photo: Laplacemat, CC BY-SA 3.0.