Ardotalia

Ardotalia, also known as Melandra or Melandra Castle, is a Roman fort in Gamesley, near Glossop in Derbyshire [1]. Ardotalia was constructed by Cohors Primae Frisiavonum—The First Cohort of Frisiavones [1]. Evidence for the existence of this unit exists not only from the building stone found at the site but also from various diplomas and other Roman writings [1]. This unit would have had around a thousand men [1]. This unit was assisted in constructing the fort by the 3rd Cohort of Bracara Augustani [1]. The name Ardotalia is a hypothetical emendation of Zerdotalia written in the Ravenna Cosmography [1]. The fort was excavated in the late 1800s [1]. Doctor's Gate is a track connecting Ardotalia and Navio fort at Brough-on-Noe [1].