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roman fort, Burrow Walls
Magis
Burrow Walls
civil parish:-   Seaton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   roman fort
coordinates:-   NY00363004
1Km square:-   NY0030
10Km square:-   NY03

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 53 7) 
placename:-  Burrow Walls
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   text:- Rivet and Smith 1979
placename:-  Magis
placename:-  Burrow Walls
source data:-   Perhaps the roman fort at Burrow Walls, Workington, Cumberland. 

notes:-  
Ruins of manor house and tower, within the remains of a roman fort.

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan

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