Roman fortlet on Swarthy Hill near Maryport, Cumbria, 1996. Artist: J Richards

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Roman fortlet on Swarthy Hill near Maryport, Cumbria, 1996. The fortlet on Swarthy Hill, north of Maryport, forms part of the Roman defence of the Cumbrian coast, a less formal extension of Hadrian's Wall. It is designated Milefortlet 21. The camera looks southwards across the grass covered ramparts of the fortlet.

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Size: 5110px × 3414px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Cumbria,Maryport
Photo credit: © Historic England/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1990s, 20th, archaeological, archaeology, archeology, building, buildings, century, color, colour, country, cumbria, decade, england, english, feature, fort, fortification, geographical, geography, hadrian, heritage, hill, italy, location, maryport, milecastle, nineties, photograph, richards, roman, rome, site, swarthy, tgn, wall