Coggabata

Coggabata (modern Drumburgh) was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall in Cumbria, built to guard two important Solway Firth fords, the Stonewath and Sandwath. The stone fort measured approximately 82 by 96 meters, occupying just under 2 acres. Excavations in 1899 revealed the stone fort and a buttressed granary, while 1947 digs showed the stone fort was built within a slightly larger earthwork fort with clay ramparts, likely added to the original Turf Wall. Recent excavations uncovered a remarkably well-preserved section of Hadrian's Wall surviving up to four courses high. The Notitia Dignitatum records the garrison as the Second Cohort of Lingones. A medieval pele tower, Drumburgh Castle, was later built across the fort's north wall using Roman stones.