A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CAERVORRAN, a locality on the SW border of Northumberland; on the Roman wall, the Maiden way, and the river Tippal, near Thirlwall castle and the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 4¼ miles WNW of Haltwhistle. It was the Roman Magna on the Wall,-the place of the second Dalmatian cohort; and altars, inscriptions, and other Roman relics have been found.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a locality" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Carvoran |
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