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    Verterae was a Roman fort in the modern-day village of Brough, Cumbria, England. Occupied between the 1st and 5th centuries AD, it protected a key Roman...
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  • Castle 1092 Ruins Built by William Rufus within the old Roman fort of Verterae to protect a key route through the Pennine Mountains. The initial motte...
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    [Carlisle] 12 To Voreda [Old Penrith] 14 To Bravoniacum [Kirkby Thore] 13 To Verterae [Brough] 13 To Lavatrae [Bowes] 14 To Cataractonium [Catterick] 16 Isurium...
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    Housesteads, Northumberland ND, T Verlucione Sandy Lane, Wiltshire AI Verterae or Verteris Brough, Cumbria AI, ND, T Vertis Unknown (Worcester?) RC Verulamium...
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    most of the presacral vertebrae, two sacral vertebrae, several caudal verterae and associated chevrons, scapula and humerus, femora of at least two individuals...
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    castle was built by William Rufus around 1092 within the old Roman fort of Verterae to protect a key route through the Pennine Mountains. The initial motte...
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  • Stainmore Pass through the Pennines, overlooking the River Greta. The name Verterae, arguably another name for "Lavatrae", meant "summit". Stone walls were...
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    751 at the 2011 Census. The village is on the site of the Roman fort of Verterae ("The Forts"), on the northern leg of the Roman-era Watling Street, linking...
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    Castle fortlet guarding the Stainmore Pass to the east of the fort of Verterae (Brough). The Pennine Way footpath follows the line of the Maiden Way for...
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    Roman auxiliary fort stood only 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) to the north-east at Verterae (Brough Castle). Following the helmet's discovery, the area around the...
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