Chesters Roman Fort Chollerford, England
Scheduled Monument Data
Chesters Roman Fort has been designated a scheduled monument in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since scheduling.
- List Entry ID
- 1010976
- Listing Type
- scheduled monument
- Date Listed
- 12 December 1928
- Name
- Great Chesters Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall between the Caw Burn and the track to Cockmount Hill farm in wall miles 42 and 43
- National Park
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Greenhead
Haltwhistle - District
- Northumberland
- Grid Reference
- NY 70450 66650
- Easting
- 370308.9773
- Northing
- 566648.9027
Description
Originally known as Cilurnum, Chesters Roman Fort was built around 124 CE as part of Hadrian's Wall in northern England. Its ruins include calvary barracks, a riverside bath house, and other structures scattered across a peaceful rural landscape, plus Chesters Museum, which displays Roman tombstones and other artifacts.
