Hill forts · North West England
Coggabata
In or near Bowness-on-Solway.
Coggabata is a hill fort in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Annan · 9.7 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Coggabata, the nearest railway station is Annan, located 9.7 km away. The postcode for Coggabata is CA7 5DP, which you can use for sat-nav. Entry to the site is free.
About
Coggabata is a hill fort in the United Kingdom. Part of Hadrian's Wall. Coordinates: 54.9270°, -3.1480°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Upper Solway Flats & Marshes SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Solway Coast
- Ramsar wetland: Upper Solway Flats & Marshes
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Coggabata, or Congavata / Concavata, (with the modern name of Drumburgh) was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, between Aballava (Burgh by Sands) to the east and Mais (Bowness-on-Solway) to the west. It was built on a hill commanding views over the flatter land to the east and west and to the shore of the Solway Firth to the north. Its purpose was to guard the southern end of two important Solway fords, the Stonewath and the Sandwath. The Notitia Dignitatum gives the name of the fort as 'Congavata', but the Staffordshire Moorlands Pan gives the name as 'Coggabata'.
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Background
Description
The fort was an oblong and built of stone, with the Wall running along its northern side, and measured 270 ft north to south by 316 ft east to west, occupying an area of just less than 2 acre. The Wall at this point is nine feet seven inches wide, and is made of stone. It was constructed on the foundations of the levelled Turf Wall. There were gates on each side, with the north gate giving access beyond the wall. A Roman road has been proved by LIDAR photography to have linked Coggabata with the nearby Roman fort at Kirkbride to the south-west. There is a pele tower, Drumburgh Castle (shown above right), lying across the line of the north wall of the fort, built entirely of Roman stones.
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- Coordinates
- 54.9270, -3.1480
- District
- Cumberland
- Parish
- Bowness
- Postcode
- CA7 5DP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Penrith and Solway
- Nearest railway station
- Annan — 9.7 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q3682385 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Coggabata (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Drumburgh Castle - geograph.org.uk - 912711.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Coggabata?
- Coggabata is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode CA7 5DP), in the parish of Bowness.
- What is Coggabata?
- Coggabata is a hill fort in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Coggabata?
- The nearest railway station is Annan, about 9.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode CA7 5DP.
- Is Coggabata a protected site?
- Yes — Coggabata is part of the Upper Solway Flats & Marshes SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Solway Coast National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Coggabata free to visit?
- Yes, Coggabata is free to enter.
- How do I get to Coggabata?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CA7 5DP. It sits within the Penrith and Solway parliamentary constituency.