Archaeological sites · North East England
Concangis
Concangis was an auxiliary castra in the Roman province of Lower Britain (Britannia Inferior). Its ruins are located in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, in England, and are now known as Chester-le-St
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- 45 min–1.5 h
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Concangis was an auxiliary castra in the Roman province of Lower Britain (Britannia Inferior). Its ruins are located in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, in England, and are now known as Chester-le-Street Roman Fort. It is situated 6 miles (10 km) north of the city of Durham and 8 miles (13 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Concangis was an auxiliary castra in the Roman province of Lower Britain (Britannia Inferior). Its ruins are located in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, in England, and are now known as Chester-le-Street Roman Fort. It is situated 6 miles (10 km) north of the city of Durham and 8 miles (13 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Background
History
The Roman fort of Concangis is located east of the forts of Longovicium (Lanchester) and Vindomora (Ebchester) and 8 mi south of Pons Aelius (Newcastle upon Tyne). It is east of the main Roman road of Dere Street, which connected other forts near Hadrian's Wall and beyond to Eboracum (York), and is close to Cade's Road, which is thought to have run from Eboracum to Pons Aelius. It is also speculated that Concangis may have been linked to Dere Street via a branch road heading west connecting to Longovicium (on Dere Street), but this has yet to be confirmed. The discovery by Raymond Selkirk of an abutment on the Cong Burn suggests that a bridge had been built there and had connected this fort…
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- Coordinates
- 54.8566, -1.5723
Sources
- wikipedia: Concangis (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Concangis?
- Concangis is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8566°, -1.5723°.