Roman Fort

Chesterfield, Derbyshire

NGRef: SK3871 OSMap: LR119 Type: Fort
Roads
N (13) to Templeborough (South Yorkshire) S (11) to Pentrich (Nottinghamshire)

The fort here was established c.A.D.55, during the governorship of Aulus Didius Gallus (gubernator A.D.52-57), along with other forts at Templeborough and Doncaster (Webster ?).

See: Rome Against Caratacus by Graham Webster (Batsford, London, 1993);

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