Voreda

VOREDA

VOREDA a town of the Brigantes in Britannia Romana, on the road from Cataracton to Luguvallium. (Itin. Ant. p. 467.) It is variously identified with Old Penrith, Whelp Castle, and Coal Hills. By the Geogr. Rav. (5.31) it is called Bereda.

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VOREDA (Old Penrith) Cumberland, England.

Unexcavated fort and civil settlement, 20.8 km S of Carlisle. Many inscriptions have been found of the Cohors XI Gallorum, one mid 3d c., one of a detachment of Marsacians ca. 222-235, and one of a vexillation of Legio XX V.V.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

F. Haverfield, “Voreda, the Roman fort at Plumpton Wall,” Trans. Cumberland and Westmorland Arch. Soc. ser. 2, 13 (1913) 177-98; RIB 304-14.

D. CHARLESWORTH