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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.

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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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