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History Of County Durham
The history of County Durham. Roman and pre-Roman Remains of Prehistoric Durham include a number of Neolithic earthworks. The Crawley Edge Cairns and Heathery Burn Cave are Bronze Age sites. Maiden Castle, Durham is an Iron Age site. Brigantia (ancient region), Brigantia, the land of the Brigantes, is said to have included what is now County Durham. There are archaeological remains of Roman Durham. Dere Street and Cade's Road run through what is now County Durham. There were Roman forts at Concangis (Chester-le-Street), Lavatrae (Bowes), Longovicium (Lanchester), Piercebridge Roman Fort, Piercebridge (Morbium), Vindomora (Ebchester) and Vinovia, Vinovium (Binchester). (The Roman fort at Arbeia (South Shields) is within the former boundaries of County Durham.) A Romanised farmstead has been excavated at Old Durham. Anglo-Saxon Remains of the Anglo-Saxon period include a number of sculpted stones and sundials, the Legs Cross, the Rey Cross and St Cuthbert's coffin. Anglian King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vindomora
Vindomora was an auxiliary fort on Dere Street, in the province of Lower Britain (''Britannia Inferior''). Its ruins, now known as Ebchester Roman Fort, are situated at Ebchester () in the English county of Durham, to the north of Consett and west-south-west from Newcastle upon Tyne. History Vindomora is situated in between the forts of Corstopitum ( Corbridge) and Bywell to the north/west north, and Longovicium ( Lanchester) to the south. It is located on Dere Street, the main Roman road linking Eboracum (York) with Hadrian's Wall and its surrounding areas. Its position also protected the river Derwent. It is about south of Hadrian's wall, and was built at the foot of a long descent, sloping towards the north, scattered along the edge of a still deeper declivity, which overhangs the green low-lying meadow of the river valley of the Derwent. The name Vindomora has been mistakenly understood to signify in Latin "The edge of the Black Moor", perhaps due to the resembla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
