Chesters Roman Fort

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Chesters Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman cavalry fort and museum site in Northumberland, England, notable for its extensive remains and artifacts from the Roman frontier.

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Chesters Roman Fort Museum 0 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman fort
archaeological site
museum
builtBy Romans
category Forts along Hadrian's Wall
Museums in Northumberland
Roman sites in Northumberland
country United Kingdom
garrisonType cavalry
hasArchaeologicalRemains Roman bridge abutment remains
hasFunction frontier fort on the Roman Empire's northern border in Britain
hasMuseum Chesters Roman Fort self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chesters Roman Fort Museum
hasNearbyFeature River North Tyne
hasStructure Roman bathhouse
barracks remains
fort walls
gateways
principia (headquarters building)
hasVisitorCentre true
heritageDesignation Scheduled Monument
knownFor Roman bathhouse remains
Roman military artifacts collection
well-preserved Roman cavalry fort remains
locatedIn England
Northumberland
locatedOn Hadrian's Wall
managedBy English Heritage
museumHolds Roman inscriptions
Roman military equipment
Roman sculptures
inscribed Roman altars
openToPublic true
partOf Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site
surface form: Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site

Hadrian's Wall
surface form: Hadrian's Wall frontier system
region North East England
timePeriod Britannia (Roman province)
surface form: Roman Britain
usedFor housing auxiliary cavalry unit

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chesters Roman Fort hasMuseum Chesters Roman Fort self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chesters Roman Fort Museum
Hadrian's Wall significantPlace Chesters Roman Fort