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Brocolitia (aka Procolitia or Carrawburgh) Roman Fort was the site of a 3rd-century auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. The Roman name of Brocolitia was probably based on the original Celtic name for the area meaning ‘Badger Holes’. Today the fort’s surviving structures lie below the turf, visible only as earthworks. The earthwork remains of the fort measure 450ft north-south by 350ft east-west, enclosing some 3½ acres. It was one of 16 large forts along Hadrian’s Wall. The fort housed about 500 soldiers, first from south-west France and later from other north-western provinces of the Roman empire. Built later than the other forts on the Wall, perhaps around AD 130, it may have kept its garrison until shortly before Roman rule in Britain ended. Just to the south-west of the fort lies the 'Brocolitia Mithraeum', the remains of a Roman temple. The fort is situated five miles north-west of Hexham and the northern most point of the Wall. It is within the council area of Northumberland.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1015914.

Place Type: Roman Remains
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 55.034909,-2.2224222
Grid Reference: NY858711
Police Area: Northumbria
Council Area: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Newbrough CP
Country: England

GBPNID: 300152
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Brocolitia_Roman_Fort,_Northumberland_300152

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