Hardknott Roman Fort, Cumbria
The top of Hardknott Pass in Cumbria is both a remote and for much of the year a very bleak place. So I guess not much fun for those Roman Soldiers billeted to outpost to maintain the Roman Empires hold over the Brits….. and very different from the Mediterranean climate they were so far from.
Remote as it was the Fort was large by Roman standards, so must have had seriously important security issues for the Regiment to enforce. The Fort stands at some 280feet above sea level and on a mountainous West to East Roman Road.
Monday or not…I guess there were a more than a few moody soldiers around.
9th April
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Moody alright!
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If you haven’t been to the Fort I can tell you it is a place of complete contrasts. On a good day the views down to and along the coast are fantastic…even better than the views back over the Lakeland Fells. However they are rare days. Rain and winds are never far away and being on a western facing slope it gets all the bad incoming weather from the seas. No I would not like to be billeted there …but love it all the same, even in bad weather 🙂
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‘ No I would not like to be billeted there ‘ … Agree. I bet quite a lot must have contracted a bladder infection having to wear those skirts. While Picts wore trouwers and wollen cloth: this one’s fun: https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/games/discover-the-picts/discover-the-picts/dress-like-a-pict/
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