- Kirkbride, Cumbria
Kirkbride, Cumbria is a
human settlement in the north ofEngland . Significant elements of ancient history are in proximity to Kirkbride including the KirkbrideRoman fort [ [http://www.roman-britain.org/places/kirkbride.htm Kirkbride Roman Fort] ] andHadrian's Wall . Hadrian's Wall in this western reach and the Kirkbride fort were predominantly ofturf and timber construction due to the paucity of available stone in this part of western England around theSolway Plain . The earliest recorded history around Kirkbride derives from the Roman occupation period; in122 AD , the Romans constructed proximateHadrian's Wall , which incorporatedAgricola's Ditch and was made chiefly of turf and timber in the western reaches such as near Kirkbride, [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18177 C.Michael Hogan (2007) "Hadrian's Wall", ed. A. Burnham, The Megalithic Portal] ] such as on theSolway Plain . The wall was designed primarily to prevent entrance by small bands of raiders or unwantedimmigration from the north, not as a fighting line for a majorinvasion according to Johnson. [Stephen Johnson (2004) Hadrian's Wall, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc, 128 pages, ISBN 0713488409]ee also
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