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Birdoswald Roman Fort

Hadrian's Wall, Cumbria

A fort that may have lived on after the Romans left.

Birdoswald stands above a bend in the River Irthing, beside the longest surviving stretch of Hadrian's Wall. Excavations found that people carried on living here after the Roman army left, building timber halls in the ruins.

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When
From AD 112
Where
54.9900, -2.6000
Group
Roman Britain

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Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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