Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BURDOSWALD

BURDOSWALD, a locality in Lanercost parish, Cumberland; on the Roman wall, 4½ miles NE by E of Brampton. The Roman station Amboglanna was here; and many Roman inscriptions have been found.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a locality"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lanercost AP/CP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Birdoswald

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