On the way down from our walk up Harter Fell and Hardknott we walked through Hardknott Roman fort. It was actually really spectacular, set in a commanding view over Eskdale and really well preserved. According to English Heritage: The fort at Hardknott was established early in the second century AD: a fragmentary inscription, dating from the reign of the Emperor Hadrian (117–38), from the south gate records the garrison as the Fourth Cohort of Dalmatians, from the Balkans. The fort was demilitarised in the late 130s, when the Romans reoccupied southern Scotland, but was regarrisoned under Marcus Aurelius in the 160s; it was finally abandoned very early in the third century. Objects found around the fort suggest that thereafter its ruins offered temporary shelter to passing patrols and travellers.
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The site...
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Looking down Eskdale.
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