Lanchester Roman Fort (Longovicium) County Durham, England
The digital reconstruction model of Longovicium Roman Auxiliary Fort at Lanchester, County Durham, Northern England is well on its way towards completion.
The next phase of work will be the construction of the Civilian settlement outside of the East Gate.
Longovicium was a Roman Auxiliary Fort originally constructed in the mid 2nd century. It is one of the forts that lie on Dere Street, the Roman road which leads from York to Hadrian’s Wall. It is located on a high vantage point to the west of the village of Lanchester looking out across the valley.
The fort was in use from 160 until 400 AD. Outside the west gate along Dere Street lay a civilian settlement (vicus), with buildings on both sides of the Roman Road.
The Fort ruins are mostly hidden and located on private land, with no access to the protected site. However parts of the wall can be viewed from the roadside layby, with some sections of the fort walls still standing to a height of 1.5m. Longovicium is a Protected Scheduled Ancient Monument.
This CGI Animnation is an artistic reconstruction of how the fort could have looked. It is based on the geophysical survey work carried out by the Friends of Longovicium, part of the Lanchester Partnership. The surveys revealed the layout of the foundations of fort buildings that are currently buried beneath the surface. Information gained from other Roman forts in the North East of England that have been excavated was also used in the production of this animation to try and give a realistic representation of the complexity and sophistication of this Roman Fort.
If you find this information interesting please consider donating to the Friends of Longovicium to help fund more survey work to advance our knowledge of this site. Another geophysical survey is needed to reveal more information about the area surrounding the fort.
Longovicium Roman Fort (Lanchester part 1)
longovicium roman fort at Lanchester Durham was in constant use throughout the roman period.
used as a supply fort on Dere Street for Hadrian's wall, with supply's travelling up from York.
whilst not much can be seen from the surface, much of the fort remains excavated.
Longovicium Roman Fort, Lanchester, Northern England
This reconstruction shows how the walls and towers of Longovicium Roman fort at Lanchester, County Durham in northern England could have looked. The inner area of the fort would have been filled with buildings such as barrack blocks, stables, workshops, HQ building, Granaries and a commanders house. Around the exterior of the fort would have been a sizeable Vicus (civilian settlement) consisting of houses, shops and workshops.
Lanchester show 2011
Falcons first show and dollys first proper one (not local)
Longovicium Roman Fort (Lanchester part 2)
Longovicium was constructed around AD 140 by the 20th legion. it served as a supply fort on Dere Street & remained in use until about AD 410
Lanchester, County Durham
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Lanchester is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, and was in the former district of Derwentside .It is 8 miles to the west of the city of Durham and 5 miles from the former steel town of Consett, and has a population of slightly more than 4,000, measured at the 2011 Census as 4,054.Although there was a small drift mine on the edge of the village which closed in the 1970s, Lanchester's economy was mainly based on agriculture.It is now a residential village in which a number of housing estates have been developed since the late 1960s.
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Roman Auxiliary Cavalry barrack blocks, Longovicium Roman Fort, Lanchester, Northern England
This 3D digital reconstruction shows how the Roman auxiliary cavalry barracks could have looked at Longovicium Roman Fort at Lanchester, County Durham. The size and shape of these barracks is based on measurements taken from recent geophysical surveys at the site of Longovicium combined with information from excavations at other forts in Northern East England and along Hadrians Wall.
In the late 1990s the first complete floor plans of auxiliary cavalry barracks were excavated at Wallsend and South Shields. The contubernia (pairs of rooms into which barrack blocks were divided) contained a central pit in the front room of each pair and in the rear room of each pair was a hearth which was in line with the pit. The pits in the front rooms would have been covered with wooden planks or stone slabs and were used to collect the urine from the horses and allowing the floor to remain dry.
The fact that horses were stabled in the same buildings as their riders, with horses in the front room and the auxiliary cavalrymen in the rear meant that the horses were always at readiness for deployment.
The size of the paired rooms gave space for three horse in the front and three cavalrymen in the back. At the end of each barrack block would be rooms for officers.
The loft space of the barrack blocks could have been accessed by ladder and have been used for storage of fodder and could have been used as accommodation for slaves.
A textbook cavalry barrack with ten contubernia would have housed 30 or so men and horses that are known to have made up the cavalry equivalent of a century – a ‘troop’ or turma.
Lanchester, Co Durham. Cross country and sunset.
Short flight (well quite long but speeded up) across the countryside just South of Lanchester Co Durham. Nice evening colours as the sun went down.
Lanchester from the air
Flypast of Lanchester, Co. Durham, UK, showing the village and Burnhope.
Drive through Downtown Lanchester, UK
Drive through downtown Lanchester, UK
Lanchester to Witton Gilbert, County Durham
Forgotten Roman Forts
A man searches for the forgotten Roman fort of Bremenium, and investigates its possible connections to the 9th Legion and King Arthur
Reculvar Towers & Roman Fort.
The imposing twin towers of the medieval church at Reculver dominate the skyline of Herne Bay, acting as a navigation marker for ships at sea. This was the site of one of the earliest Roman forts built against Saxon raids on the 'Saxon Shore'. It later became the site of an Anglo-Saxon monastery before becoming the parish church for Reculver. The tall towers were built in a remodelling of the church in the 12th century.
Much of the site has been lost to coastal erosion, but alongside the twin towers are the ruined remains of the early Roman fort.
CHANGED LANDSCAPE
Two thousand years ago the geography of this area was very different. The Wantsum, a sea channel up to 3 miles wide, cut off the Isle of Thanet from the mainland, and the Roman fort of Reculver stood on a promontory at the north end of the channel where it joined the Thames estuary. Today the Wantsum has silted up and become dry land.
ROMAN FORT
The Romans conquered Britain under Emperor Claudius in AD 43. Under Aulus Plautius the Roman armies landed unopposed, but there was debate as to the location of the invasion. A strong candidate was the Wantsum channel, and parts of fortifications of the Claudian period have been found both at Richborough and Reculver, located at opposite ends of the Wantsum. Both sites played a role in the earliest years of the conquest.
During the 1st and 2nd centuries, a Roman settlement grew up at Reculver, probably around a harbour. The size of this settlement is unknown as coastal erosion has destroyed much of the evidence.
In the early 3rd century a fort was built. This was nearly square, with rounded corners, and measured 180 metres by 175 metres (590 feet by 574 feet). Its flint walls were backed with earth ramparts and surrounded by two ditches 10 metres (33 feet) wide. This was one of the very earliest of the forts of the Saxon Shore, built against Saxon raids, and was traditional in its plan.
Later Saxon Shore forts (Richborough, Pevensey, Portchester) were built to a new model with projecting bastions. The walls and two of the four gates (south and east) can still be seen.
DESCRIPTION
The southern half of the Roman fort at Reculver survives as ruined walls and earthworks.
The core of the enclosing wall, which would originally have been topped with a wall walk and parapet, is mainly flint and in parts survives to a height of almost 3 metres (10 feet). It can be best appreciated by walking around the outer perimeter of the fort. It was originally faced with squared greensand blocks, but these have almost all disappeared.
There were originally four gateway entrances – one through the centre of each side of the defences. Roughly in the centre of the east wall was the east gate, which consisted of a single carriageway 2.7 metres (9 feet) wide contained within a masonry arch and with a single guard chamber to the north. Tiles in the walls enclosing the guard chamber may represent a later rebuilding. The south gate in the middle of the south wall was of similar form.
Several buildings from the interior of the fort are known, including barracks, a bath-house and the headquarters building. No traces of these buildings, however, remain above ground.
The earliest monastic church on the site, founded in the 7th century, survives in the form of buried foundations, which are marked out in modern concrete, and as standing ruins incorporated in the later parish church. The early walling incorporated reused Roman tiles, bricks and rubble masonry.
Roman Cavalry Barrack Block - Longovicium Roman Fort (Lanchester)
Roman Cavalry Barrack Block - Longovicium Roman Fort (Lanchester)
Walking roman roads
Walking the line of High Street Roman road above Ullswater in the English Lake District
5 Alderdene, Lanchester, Durham
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A spacious three/four-bedroomed semi-detached house with a large rear garden, situated within this cul-de-sac road close to Lanchester village centre and available with no chain.
Ruth Coperland : 1971
Ruth Copeland nasceu em Consett , Condado de Durham, no nordeste da Inglaterra, e começou a cantar com uma banda de jazz local , os Collegians, em 1963.
Ela se envolveu com o trabalho no álbum de estréia do grupo Parliament Funkadelic, e foi creditado com a co-produção do álbum com Clinton; Bowen também trabalhou em sua produção, mas por razões contratuais não pôde ser creditado.
Ao lado de seu trabalho na estreia do Parliament, Copeland também começou a trabalhar em material solo, e seu primeiro álbum, Self Portrait , que foi lançado pela Invictus em outubro de 1970. O álbum contou com contribuições não apenas de Clinton, mas de vários outros músicos do Parliament Funkadelic. incluindo Bernie Worrell , Eddie Hazel , Tawl Ross , Billy Bass Nelson e Tiki Fulwood .Continha uma variedade de estilos diferentes, incluindo folk, funk e ópera, com uma faixa gravada com a Detroit Symphony Orchestra .
Este segundo álbum, I´m what i am foi lançado em julho de 1971, novamente apresentando uma série de músicos do P-Funk , incluindo vários, como Hazel e Nelson, que haviam deixado o Funkadelic recentemente devido a preocupações financeiras. Esses antigos músicos do Funkadelic permaneceram com Copeland como sua banda de apoio quando ela excursionou para promover seu álbum, e regularmente apoiou Sly and the Family Stone .
01. The Medal (Ruth Copeland, Donald Charles Baldwin)
02. Crying Has Made Me Stronger (Ruth Copeland, George Clinton)
03. Hare Krishna (Ruth Copeland) (released as a single-Invictus Is 9088)
04. Suburban Family Lament (Ruth Copeland, Eddie Hazel)
05. Play with Fire (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
06. Don't You Wish You Had (What You Had When You Had It?) (Ruth Copeland, George Clinton)
07. Gimme Shelter (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
Eastern Romans for Saga - Part 6 - Let it rain!
Rodge here. Follow along on my Eastern Romans project! In Part 6, we check out my archers!
If you'd like to get in touch, send an email to RodgeRules@gmail.com. I'd love to chat!
Lanchester Bike Ride of Speed
A general 25 minute bike ride around lanchester, sped up x6.
Longovicium
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Longovicium was an auxiliary fort on Dere Street, in the Roman province of Britannia Inferior.It is located just southwest of Lanchester in the English county of Durham, roughly 8 miles to the west of the city of Durham and 5 miles from Consett.
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