Alauna
Roman fort and settlement on the site of present-day Maryport in Cumbria, England, UK
Facts
10 propertiesDesignation
- Instance of
- castrum, archaeological site[5]
- Heritage designation
- scheduled monument, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[12][13]
Location
- Country
- United Kingdom[4]
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 54.721°, -3.494°, 🗺️ 54.722°, -3.491°[9][10]
More facts +5
- Area
- +20.7631[14]
- Described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa[11]
- Historic county
- Cumberland[15]
- OS grid reference
- NY0405537473[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
en Alauna Roman Fort
en Alione
en Alauna
en Alauna Fort
en Alauna (Maryport)
de Kastell Maryport
de Kastell Alauna
🔖 Identifiers · 9
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Senhouse Museum, Maryport, UK (38440864335).jpg ↗
- Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
- 23702
- Freebase ID
- /m/0285h93
- Historic England research records ID
- 9001
- National Heritage List for England number
- 1015415
- Pleiades ID
- 89097
- Trismegistos Geo ID
- 14569
- Vici.org ID
- 10845
- World Heritage Site ID
- 430ter-155
🔗 Connections
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Belongs to 1
Country 1
Described by source 1
Heritage designation 1
Historic county 1
Part of 1
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Summary
Alauna is a castrum[1].
Body
Geography
Located in include Cumbria[2], a ceremonial county of England[16], in United Kingdom[17], founded in 1974[18] and Maryport[3], a town[19], in United Kingdom[20]. Part of include Roman Cumbrian Coast defences[6], a Roman limes[21], in United Kingdom[22] and borders of the Roman Empire[7], an architectural ensemble[23], in Germany[24].