England · 2nd century
Cilurnum or Cilurvum was an ancient Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall at Chesters near the village of Walwick, Northumberland. It is also known as Walwick Chesters to distinguish it from Great Chesters fort and Halton Chesters.
Cilurnum is included in the Notitia Dignitatum of the late 4th/early 5th century.
Cilurnum is considered to be the best-preserved and best example of a Roman cavalry fort on Hadrian's Wall. The site is now preserved by English Heritage as Chesters Roman Fort. There is a museum on the site housing finds from the fort and elsewhere along the wall.
Text adapted from “Cilurnum” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chesters Roman Fort ranks #2,525 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #168 of the 360 mapped in England. Founded 125, it is older than 98% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 21 atlas entries founded in the 2nd century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,256 times in the last 60 days, more than 57% of the atlas. 14 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Newcastle upon Tyne, 34 km away. See how England compares in the castle statistics.
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