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roman road 7e, Cumbria
locality:-   Brougham
locality:-   Penrith
county:-   Cumbria
locality:-   Carlisle
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   roman road
locality type:-   road
10Km square:-   NY52
10Km square:-   NY53
10Km square:-   NY43
10Km square:-   NY44
10Km square:-   NY45
references:-   Margary, Ivan D: 1973 (3rd edn): Roman Roads in Britain: Baker, John (London):: ISBN 0 212 97001 1; describes the route in moderate detail

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 13) 
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.
OS County Series (Cmd 31 10) 
OS County Series (Cmd 31 14) 
"ROMAN ROAD (Site of)"
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.
OS County Series (Cmd 39 11) 
OS County Series (Cmd 49 16) 
"ROMAN ROAD (Remains of)"

evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
image CAM2P189, button  goto source
Page 189:-  "..."
"The rev. Mr. Robert Patten of Carlisle or Penrith, who had been in Denmark and at Tunis, writes thus to Mr. Horsley, Jan. 30, 1730/1:"
""I measured the Roman causeway which goes close by Old Penrith in several places, and find it answer 21 feet. ... I find the Roman way runs over Penrith fields to Brougham, where has been a station; ...""

mapping:-   In Cumberland, approximately:- 
to link:-    roman fort, Brougham (passes by east gate)
place:-   NY53852910 (?) / Eamont, River / Brougham Castle Bridge / Brougham / Penrith / Cumbria
place:-   NY53822921
place:-   NY52813001 (through built up areas) / Penrith / Penrith / Cumbria
place:-   NY51543128
to link:-    roman road, Penrith
place:-   NY51193172 (about)
place:-   NY50763257 (about) / Inglewood Road / Penrith / Cumbria
place:-   NY50573368 (etc, A6 road)
place identity:-    roman camp, Plumpton Head
to link:-    roman fort, Old Penrith (passes by east gate)
place:-   NY48384257 (etc, A6 road)
place:-   NY47544447 (about) / High Hesket / Hesket / Cumbria
place:-   NY46514638 (about) / Low Hesket / Hesket / Cumbria
place:-   NY42785286 (about) / Carleton / St Cuthbert Without / Cumbria

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