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Beckfoot Roman Fort


The site of Beckfoot Roman Fort (Bibra) is located on the Solway Firth coast, about ½ mile south of the hamlet of Beckford. It formed part of the Roman Cumbrian coastal defences.

Whilst now only visible as cropmarks in aerial photography, excavations confirm that building and wall foundations remain well-preserved underground. The fort measures roughly 123m by 84m, and enclosed by a thick defensive wall featuring interval towers, corner turrets, and four external ditches.It includes four main entrances with guard chambers and a complex interior containing a headquarters, commandant's house, hospital, barracks, and workshops. The site is a Scheduled Monument and falls within the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site.

Beckfoot, Wigton Cumbrian Coastal Defences (Roman) Historic Buildings and Monuments in Holme St Cuthbert Scheduled Monument
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Beckfoot Roman fort - List Entry
- ...The Roman fort 342m SSW of Beckfoot Farm is preserved as a cropmark with excavation and analysis of aerial photographs indicating the site to have extensive and well-preserved remains of …
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- Hob Uid: 1012188.....The site of a vicus associated with Beckfoot Roman fort, seen as cropmarks and mapped from air photographs. Probable remains of the vicus are visible to either side …
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List number: 1007170
Unitary Auth: Cumberland
County: Cumbria
Grid ref: NY0897448851

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