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Ribchester

Ribchester, Lancashire

A Roman cavalry fort where a boy found a famous helmet.

Ribchester, or Bremetennacum, was a Roman cavalry fort on the River Ribble, garrisoned for a time by Sarmatian horsemen from what is now Ukraine. In 1796 a boy playing near the river found a magnificent bronze cavalry parade helmet with a face mask.

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When
From AD 72
Where
53.8100, -2.5300
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

The Roman Museum and bath house ruins are in the village.

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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