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Dere Street is a Roman road that passes through Northumberland. It is a modern designation of a Roman road which ran north from Eboracum (York) crossing the Stanegate at Corbridge and continuing to the Firth of Forth. It was constructed by the military to secure the colonisation of northern Britain. The Romans met significant resistance and needed a series of forts to secure the route. The Roman name for the route is lost. Its English name corresponds with the post-Roman Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira through which the first part of its route lies. The term street derives from its Old English sense (from Latin: via strata), which referred to any paved road and had no particular association with urban thoroughfares. Portions of its route are still followed by modern roads, including the A1(M) south of the River Tees, the B6275 road through Piercebridge, and the A68 north of Corbridge in Northumberland. And parts of the road in Scotland were later known as St Cuthberts Way and as the Royal Way (Mediæval Latin: Via Regia). It was sometimes referred to as Watling Street and marked on some maps as such which cause it to be confused with the Watling Street that linked Dover with Wroxeter. It is within the council area of Northumberland.

Place Type: Roman Remains
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 54.961156,-2.0079186
Grid Reference: NY995629
Police Area: Northumbria
Council Area: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Corbridge CP
Country: England

GBPNID: 301307
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Dere_Street,_Northumberland_301307

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