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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ambleside Roman Fort - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Cumbria

Submitted by Horatio on Saturday, 01 July 2023  Page Views: 1325

Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Ambleside Roman Fort Alternative Name: Galava Roman Fort
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Ambleside  Nearest Village: Waterhead
Map Ref: NY37260339
Latitude: 54.422057N  Longitude: 2.96844W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ambleside Roman Fort
Ambleside Roman Fort submitted by Horatio : 'The fort consisted of a rectangular enclosure measuring approximately 91 by 128 metres (300 by 420 ft), and covering an area of almost 1.2 hectares (3 acres). The fort had towers at each corner, and was enclosed by a 1.2-metre (4 ft) thick wall of roughly coursed stone. A clay ramp backed the wall from the inside, and a ditch ran around the outside. Access to the fort was given by four gates, ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ambleside Roman Fort is the modern name given to the remains of a fort of the Roman province of Britannia. The ruins have been tentatively identified as Galava, mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary. Dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD, its ruins are located on the northern shore of Windermere at Waterhead, near Ambleside, in the English county of Cumbria, within the boundaries of the Lake District National Park.

The fort guarded the Roman road from Brougham to Ravenglass. There is also assumed to have been a road south to the fort at Kendal. In 2016 it was reported that LIDAR technology had revealed a Roman road running north from Ambleside fort to Carlisle, and another running northwest to Papcastle. These roads had been previously described by John Horsley in his Britannia Romana of 1732.

The ruins are a Grade I listed structure. The site is open to the public, and is owned and managed by the National Trust. - Wikipedia

The fort has easy access but parking a car involves driving past the fort and the bends on the A5075 to the parking area on the left just after leaving Waterhead.
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Ambleside Roman Fort
Ambleside Roman Fort submitted by Horatio : Ambleside Roman Fort is situated approximately 0.8 kilometres south of Ambleside town centre, at the north end of Windermere, upon the eastern banks of the Brathay and Rothay rivers. The ruins occupy a field, known as Borrans Field, between the Brathay and Borrans Park. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NY3703 : Waterhead and Lake Windermere by Mick Garratt
by Mick Garratt
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NY3703 : Galava by DS Pugh
by DS Pugh
©2017(licence)
NY3703 : Roman fort [4] by Michael Dibb
by Michael Dibb
©2019(licence)
NY3703 : Roman fort [6] by Michael Dibb
by Michael Dibb
©2019(licence)
NY3703 : Ambleside Roman Fort by Gareth James
by Gareth James
©2015(licence)

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