It’s #RomanFortThursday (oh yes, it is!) and this week we’ll deekabout Maryport #Cumbria and the well-smart @senhousemuseum

The Hadrianic frontier in Britain is not *just* the wall, the chain of forts and fortlets continuing along the #Cumbrian coast

Maryport (ALAVNA) was a key command-point in the system #RomanFortThursday

from the excellent @senhousemuseum website:

http://www.senhousemuseum.co.uk/ 

The #Roman coastal fort at Maryport #Cumbria survives today as a prominent earthwork platform, as these beautiful LiDAR images processed by @Phil_M_Barrett in 2020 and @MarkWalters_ in 2016 clearly show

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At 2.6ha, the #Roman coastal supply fort at Maryport #Cumbria was one of the largest in the Hadrianic frontier. Built in the AD 120s, it was occupied at least until the late 4th C

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The wonderful @senhousemuseum Maryport displays the largest collection of Roman military altars from Britain

These provide useful information on the changing ethnicity of the garrison, including troops recruited from Spain, the Netherlands and Croatia

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Senhouse Museum at Maryport in #Cumbria occupies a 19th century coastal battery

http://www.senhousemuseum.co.uk/ 

It contains an amazing collection of #Roman finds and displays including this recreation of the HQ building with this (decidedly buff!) image of #Hadrian

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Excavations and survey around Maryport #Roman fort by Oxford Archaeology North on behalf of Hadrian's Wall Trust have revealed the nature of the extensive civilian settlement that developed outside the walls

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-26558713

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For more information on the @oatweet fieldwork in the extramural settlement at Maryport see:

https://oxfordarchaeology.com/news/844-roman-maryport-publication-and-launch

and on the nature of the Roman coastal forts in Cumbria see the @HadriansWall pdf:

https://hadrianswallcountry.co.uk/sites/default/files//Romans%20in%20Cumbria.pdf

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At @senhousemuseum #Maryport a recreation watchtower, based on examples on #TrajansColumn, today provides an excellent view over the #Roman fort and across the Solway Firth to SW Scotland – a distant sight no doubt VERY familiar to the garrison of ALAVNA

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For more on the pits, altars, burials and nature of ritual deposition at #Roman #Maryport, @CurrentArchaeo ran this excellent summary on fieldwork by @ArchaeologyNCL back in 2014

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/maryports-mystery-monuments.htm

Happy #RomanFortThursday everyone!