Navio Roman Fort

Navio Roman fort overlooks a tight bend of the River Noe at Brough-on-Noe near Hope, Derbyshire [1]. Excavations in the 1930s by Sir Ian Richmond and J.P. Gillam established the locations of the perimeters of successive forts on the same site [1]. Navio fort was originally about 3 acres in size and built of timber and earthworks around 80 CE [1]. It was rebuilt in stone in a rectangular form (about 90 by 105 metres (295 by 344 ft)) around 150 CE from when it was occupied for over 200 years [1]. It was subsequently rebuilt and altered and in use until around 350 CE [1]. Earlier excavations in 1903 by John Garstang uncovered steps into an underground stone-walled chamber below the Principia or headquarters building [1]. The fort guarded the Doctor's Gate route northwest to the larger fort of Melandra [1].