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Cardurnock is a small settlement in
Cumbria, England Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...
. It is by the coast, west of
Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...
. The western extension of the
Hadrian's Wall Hadrian's Wall ( la, Vallum Aelium), also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or ''Vallum Hadriani'' in Latin, is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. R ...
frontier defences once passed through the Cardurnock peninsula, though not the Wall itself. The sites of two small Roman fortlets,
Milefortlet 4 Milefortlet 4 (Herd Hill) was a Milefortlet of the Roman Britain, Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wo ...
and Milefortlet 5, have been located to the north and south of Cardurnock.MILEFORTLET 4
, Pastscape, retrieved 26 November 2013
MILEFORTLET 5
, Pastscape, retrieved 26 November 2013
It is adjacent to the
Anthorn Radio Station Anthorn Radio Station is a naval and government radio transmitting station located near Anthorn, Cumbria, England, overlooking the Solway Firth, and is operated by Babcock International (with whom former operators VT Communications are now merg ...
.


Location

The Building or site itself may lie within the Boundary of more than one Authority.


References


External links


Cardurnock at Streetmap.co.uk
Hamlets in Cumbria Roman sites in Cumbria Populated coastal places in Cumbria Allerdale {{Cumbria-geo-stub