Hardknott Roman Fort, Eskdale Green

Name: Hardknott Roman Fort
Address: Hardknott Pass, CA19 1TH, Eskdale Green, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Eskdale Green

Top attraction, Ruins, Archaeological site

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Hardknott Roman Fort is an archeological site, the remains of the Roman fort Mediobogdum, located on the western side of the Hardknott Pass in the English county of Cumbria. The fort was built between 120 and 138 on a rocky spur, and was initially garrisoned by a detachment of the Cohors IV Delmatarum from the Dalmatian coast. It was abandoned around a decade later, then reoccupied circa 200 and remained in use for much of the next two centuries. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 54°24'10"N, 3°12'19"W

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Hardknott Pass, CA19 1THEskdale Green United Kingdom

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Hardknott Roman Fort – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sca Fell, Wallowbarrow Crag, St Catherine's Church, Blea Tarn.

3.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Sca Fell, Lake District National Park
85 min walk • Scafell is a mountain in the English Lake District, part of the Southern Fells. Its height of 964 metres makes it the second-highest mountain in England after its neighbour Scafell Pike, from which it is separated by Mickledore col.
3 miS
Cliff
Wallowbarrow Crag, Coniston
76 min walk • Wallowbarrow Crag is a hill of 292 metres in the Lake District, England. It is on the west of the Duddon Valley, across the valley from the village of Seathwaite.
2.7 miW
Church, Gothic architecture
St Catherine's Church, Eskdale Green
70 min walk • St Catherine's Church is in the village of Boot, Cumbria, England. It is the Anglican parish church of Eskdale, Cumbria, and is in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of Irton, St Paul, Muncaster, St Michael, and St John, Waberthwaite.
3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blea Tarn, Eskdale Green
81 min walk • Blea Tarn is a lake in Cumbria, England, located about half a mile north of Beckfoot. Located at an elevation of 217 m, the lake has an area of 3.3 hectares and measures 277 m × 150 m, with a maximum depth of 11 m.
2.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Burnmoor Tarn
72 min walk • Burnmoor Tarn, on Eskdale Fell in Cumbria, England, is one of the largest entirely natural tarns in the Lake District. Its waters flow into Whillan Beck at the tarn's north-eastern corner, which immediately turns south and flows into Eskdale, joining the Esk at Beckfoot.
3.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Foxes Tarn, Lake District National Park
80 min walk • Foxes Tarn is one of the smallest named tarns in the Lake District of England, situated slightly to the east of the summit of Sca Fell.
1 miNE
Hill
Hard Knott, Lake District National Park
26 min walk • Hard Knott is a fell in the English Lake District, at the head of Eskdale.
3.2 miNE
Nature, Cliff, Natural attraction
Crinkle Crags, Grasmere
82 min walk • Crinkle Crags is a fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria. It forms part of two major rings of mountains, surrounding the valleys of Great Langdale and Upper Eskdale.
1.6 miSE
Bridge
Birks Bridge, Coniston
42 min walk • Birks Bridge is a traditional stone-built bridge over the River Duddon in the English Lake District, in Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Cumbria, standing at Grid Reference SD239995.
2.3 miSW
Hill
Green Crag, Eskdale Green
58 min walk • Green Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between Eskdale and the Duddon valley in the Southern Fells.
2.3 miN
Hill
Slight Side, Lake District National Park
58 min walk • Slight Side is a fell in the English Lake District it stands 25 kilometres east southeast of the town of Whitehaven and reaches a height of 762 m.