Alauna (Maryport)
Roman fort and settlement on the site of present-day Maryport in Cumbria, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alauna was a castrum or fort in the Roman province of Britannia. It occupied a coastal site just north of the town of Maryport in the English county of Cumbria (formerly part of Cumberland).
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Alauna | |
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Cumbria, England | |
Coordinates | 54.720936°N 3.493978°W / 54.720936; -3.493978 |
Grid reference | NY03863724 |
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It was linked by a Roman road to the Roman fort and settlement at Derventio (Papcastle) to the southeast, and thence by another road northeast to the regional hub of Luguvalium (Carlisle).
In 2015 "Maryport's Mystery Monuments" was Research Project of the Year in the British Archaeology Awards.