Ambleside Roman Fort
Ambleside Roman Fort is the modern name given to the remains of a fort of the Roman province of Britannia. The ruins have been tentatively identified as those of either Galava or Clanoventa, mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman fort near Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Ambleside Roman fort, associated vicus and Roman road”, “Galava”, and “Galava Roman Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wateredge Hotel and Rothay Bridge.
Wateredge Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Gweduni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wateredge Hotel is situated 1,200 feet east of Ambleside Roman Fort.
Rothay Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Milestone Society, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rothay Bridge is situated 1,600 feet north of Ambleside Roman Fort.
Rothay Manor
Hotel
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rothay Manor is a country house near Ambleside in Cumbria. It is a Grade II listed building. Rothay Manor is situated 1,500 feet north of Ambleside Roman Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clappersgate and Brathay.
Clappersgate
Hamlet
Photo: Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clappersgate is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority, in the county of Cumbria, England. Clappersgate is located on the B5286 road and on the River Brathay.
Brathay
Hamlet
Photo: Steph Aitchison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brathay is a hamlet in Skelwith parish in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, the hamlet lies close to Clappersgate on the south bank of the River Brathay, and is about 0.9 miles south west of Ambleside.
Ambleside
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ambleside is a town in Cumbria. It is located at the head of Windermere, England’s largest lake, within the Lake District National Park.
Ambleside Roman Fort
- Categories: castrum, ancient Roman structure, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.42228° or 54° 25′ 20″ northLongitude
-2.9687° or 2° 58′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C6VC2CJ+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 43060432OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q3094516
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Portuguese—“Ambleside Roman Fort” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Galava”
- Chinese: “奄堡西羅馬兵營”
- Czech: “Ambleside (římská pevnost)”
- Czech: “Ambleside”
- Czech: “Galava”
- Dutch: “Galava”
- French: “Camp romain d’Ambleside”
- French: “Fort romain d’Ambleside”
- French: “Galava”
- Georgian: “nirvana”
- Portuguese: “Forte Romano Ambleside”
- Portuguese: “Forte romano de Ambleside”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Main Gate and Borrans Park.
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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 “Ambleside Roman Fort”. Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.