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Banna

Banna - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Birdoswald Roman FortBirdoswald Project https://birdoswaldproject.com/history/ was known as Banna ("peak, horn" in Celtic) in Roman times, reflecting the geography of the site on a triangular spur of land bounded by cliffs to the south and east commanding a broad meander of the River Irthing in Cumbria below. Read more on Wikipedia

• type: castrum
• date from: {{circa|112 AD}}
• official website: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/birdoswald-roman-fort-hadrians-wall|Birdoswald

Source: en.wikipedia.org