Cardurnock

Settlement in Cumbria, England

Human settlement in England

Bowness-on-Solway

Unitary authority

Cumberland

Ceremonial county

Cumbria

Region

North West

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Workington

List of places: UK; England; Cumbria

54°55′N 3°17′W / 54.91°N 03.29°W / 54.91; -03.29

Cardurnock is a small settlement in Cumbria, England. It is by the coast, 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Carlisle. The western extension of the Hadrian's Wall frontier defences once passed through the Cardurnock peninsula, though not the Wall itself.^[1] The sites of two small Roman fortlets, Milefortlet 4 and Milefortlet 5, have been located to the north and south of Cardurnock.^[2]^[3] It is adjacent to the Anthorn Radio Station.

Location

The Building or site itself may lie within the Boundary of more than one Authority.^[4]


County	Cumbria
District	Allerdale (District Authority)
Parish	Bowness
National Grid Reference	NY 17114 58829

References

^ Jones, G. D. B. (1976). "The Western Extension of Hadrian's Wall: Bowness to Cardurnock". Britannia. 7: 236–243. doi:10.2307/525775. JSTOR 525775.
^ MILEFORTLET 4 Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Pastscape, retrieved 26 November 2013
^ MILEFORTLET 5 Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Pastscape, retrieved 26 November 2013
^ "Cardurnock (tower 4b) and earlier ditch system and patrol road, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, Bowness - 1016074 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.