Cilurnum

Cilurnum or Cilurvum was an ancient Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall at Chesters near the village of Walwick [1]. Cilurnum is included in the Notitia Dignitatum of the late 4th/early 5th century [1]. Cilurnum is considered to be the best-preserved and best example of a Roman cavalry fort on Hadrian's Wall [1]. Cilurnum was first built as a cavalry fort with its walls projecting north of the Wall and with three of its main gateways on the north allowing easier and rapid access to that side [1]. It was given over to infantry later [1]. An early inscription on an altar dedicated to Disciplina, found in 1978, indicates the earliest-known military presence was a wing of cavalry, ala Augusta ob virtutem appellata [1]. The fort baths were on the western bank of the river North Tyne [1].