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| roman fort, Carvoran | ||
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| locality:- | Carvoran | |
| locality:- | Hadrian's Wall | |
| county:- | Northumberland | |
| locality type:- | roman fort | |
| coordinates:- | NY665656 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6665 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY66 | |
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 BZT84.jpg Altar. Item 1854.8. (taken 1.10.2104) courtesy of the Hancock Museum, Newcastle. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Mogna |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of
Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles
to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R
Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843. FD02NY66.jpg "Mogna" Symbol for a fort. item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Caervoran item:- inscription, roman; roman inscription |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1844 part 2 p.295 "Mr. Smith read an extract from a letter from Mr. R. Weddell, of Berwick-upon-Tweed:-" ""I was recently at Gilsland, and from thence took several short trips to examine the Roman wall in the vicinity. At Caervoran not a vestige remains. The tenant has recently filled up the baths, &c. and the site of the camp is covered in potatoes and turnips! Notwithstanding all that has been done and said, down to Hodgson, (Hist. of Northumberland) much remains for investigation, and I hope some of the Members of the Association will soon direct their steps to that district. At Caervoran I saw an inscription which I suspect has never been printed. It is on a stone with fluted sides, ornamented on the top with a vase, and reads"  click to enlargeG844E02.jpg |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Magna |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1851 part 2 p.505 ".." "Magna, now Carvoran, lies about 250 yards to the south of the wall and vallum near the village of Greenhead. The site is elevated ground, evidently chosen to avoid a swampy flat near the wall. The area, about four acres and a half, is entirely cultivated. In the garden of the farm-" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag 1851 item:- inscription, roman; roman inscription |
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| source data:- | goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1851 part 2 p.506 "[farm-]house are numerous fragments of architecture, altars, and mutilated inscribed stones, which have as yet escaped complete destruction. One of the altars is inscribed DeO . BELATUCADRO . VOTU. S.; another, in a wall, is dedicated to the god Veteres, probably the Vithris of the north; a third, much weather-worn, seems addressed to Jupiter, Helius and Rome." |
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| evidence:- | textbook:- Rivet and Smith 1979 placename:- Magnis |
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