Longovicium was an auxiliary fort located on Roman Dere Street, in the Roman province of Britannia Inferior. It is located just southwest of Lanchester in the English county of Durham, roughly 8 miles to the west of the city of Durham and 5 miles from Consett. Longovicium is situated 2 miles west of Annie Pit.

Langley Hall

Archaeological site

Photo: Sparrowhawk18, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Langley Hall is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of Annie Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burnhope and Maiden Law.

Burnhope

Village

Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burnhope is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is located in the Craghead valley on the opposite side to Stanley and has 1,564 inhabitants, as measured in the 2011 census.

Maiden Law

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maiden Law is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Lanchester, on the road to Annfield Plain.

Ornsby Hill

Hamlet

Ornsby Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. Ornsby Hill is situated immediately to the north of Lanchester at the junction of the A691 and A6076 roads. Administratively it forms part of the civil parish of Lanchester. Ornsby Hill is situated 1½ miles west of Annie Pit.

Annie Pit

Type: Mine
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: Burnhope, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.8277° or 54° 49′ 40″ north

Longitude

-1.70336° or 1° 42′ 12″ west

Operator

Burnhope Colliery

Open location code

9C6WR7HW+3M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 434060410

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mine

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