Watercrook Roman Fort and Settlement

fort · 30 BC – 2100 AD

The Roman Fort near Watercrook Farm (at Kendal in northwest England) was originally built ca. AD 90 and rebuilt ca. AD 130. It may have been called Alone?/Alauna? in antiquity. Its poorly preserved remains are coincident with those of a contemporaneous civilian settlement.

Coordinates

54.30979, -2.74860

Also known as

Alauna, Alone, Watercrook Roman Fort (en), Watercrook Roman Fort (en)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Historic England — National Heritage List for England · OGL v3.0
  Historic England, National Heritage List for England (OGL v3.0). Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right.
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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