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Name:Alavna Roman Fort
Hill number:16338
Height:56m / 184ft
Parent (Ma):2328  Knott
RHB Section:34A: Lake District - Northern Fells
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - Northern Fells
County/UA:Cumberland
Catchment:Ellen, Catchment Boundaries
Class:Tump (0-99m)
(Tu,0)
Grid ref:NY 04126 37360
Summit feature:no feature: grass by hedgeline
Drop:43m
Col:13m  NY046371  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 89
(1:25k) OL4N
Observations:base of trig point is 80cm lower
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 50 users)ByDate of Ascent
Solo. Footpath along edge of fort. Hopped over low wall in corner then over gate into sheep field. Visited trig too. Back same way.matty1971b14/08/2023
Parked in the South Quay car park before a benchmark hunt in town before heading up to Tump & trig.Dugswell219/01/2022
Like DD. Painless. Good view.Moorponder29/12/2021
14.50 up the stepped path from the big school on the main road. Hoped over the wall and gate at the Corner down the field and back onto the other path/Bridlewayvegibagger23/05/2021
No RoW in surrounding fields. No need to climb the wall in the E corner of the roman fort, there is an access gate in the W corner, beside the museum, but it was padlocked - perhaps only unlocked on Fri, Sat and Sun when the museum is open. Multiple barriers in the E corner of the roman fort area seem to be the closest point of approach without trespassing.Isbjorn16/12/2019
Parking down Camp Street alongside a field gate immediately after the west running footpath. Once into the field it is an unhindered walk to the top with no gates or fences to negotiate.moorsman18/10/2019
Via walled path. Fine houses.Wycombe Wanderer21/04/2019
Walked up the track from the golf course after a round on our annual golf weekend trip. About a third of the way along the track to camp farm, then over a gate through a couple of wheat fields to the Trig then the actual top itself. No sign of the former Roman Road, which would have made it much easier. Back down to the pub to watch England cruise past Sweden in the quarter finals.summitter07/07/2018
Alavna Roman Fort from GR: NY 03965 37181ronaldo33303/05/2018
Solo. Footpath along edge of fort. Hopped over low wall in corner then over gate into sheep field. Visited trig too. Back same way.Dangerous Dave11/12/2017
with Darren, hop over wall to summit field and trig then back past grassy bank of fort -no rocky ruins to be seen. Wiki - The fort at Maryport formed part of the 'Western Sea Defences', a line of forts and watch-towers strung along the north-western coastline of Cumbria; a western extension of Hadrian's Wall. It had never occurred to me before that northern raiders might have got past Hadrian's Wall by simply sailing around the sides. Obvious really I guess ...as the Romans also thought -hence this fort.Chris Pearson01/11/2017
From the Golf Course (On coast to North of hill) followed bridleway along edge of fields. Visited trig and summit.briandavies02/08/2017
Both side of hedgerow and trig visited.Alan Caine30/05/2017
From road end to SWjimbloomer13/10/2016
Parked at Senhouse museum, followed coastal path to end of wall, then cut across field to summit and trig.Susan Bidwell08/04/2016
From parking area by museum.Lionel Bidwell08/04/2016
Parked on Camp Road to SW at start of public footpath at NY 03965 37181 then as Aye Jimmy. Highest point is ground by hedgerow c90m SW of trig at NY 04127 37362.David Gradwell23/08/2015
Parked by school to SE (holidays), f/p opposite to right-angled bend, over wall and gate to R. Fences up around digging earthworks, scrapings, trenches, tubs full of samples for sieving(?). Trig in hedge beyond. Ground to SW may not be natural?Aye Jimmy06/08/2015
Up from the prom. Trig point seemed lower than land to south west.peebs23/06/2015
Here to bag the trig pillar - Camp Farm. From the Roman Fort museum.jonglew18/03/2015
Easy one this, drove to lane end next to fort. FP then over wall into field and two fence lines to trig.nordicstar02/12/2014
From corner of footpath to SW. Top might be 90m to SW?agentmancuso29/07/2014
Summit by a fenced batch of what looks like bee hives topped with a trig point (S5657)Tony Hartry10/03/2007
On Cumbria Coastal Way with Ron and Ann and Iannickywood127/11/2006
RHW07/08/2005
Martin R09/03/2024
Mark Hodgson09/01/2023
Swindon Bagger30/06/2021
conanharrod07/03/2021
Ben Rinnes30/08/2020
cmac30/11/2019
DC11main14/09/2019
Christo197910/04/2019
Rambling Ray13/12/2018
GaryJones24/05/2018
Andy West16/04/2018
Dusty27/03/2018
andrew brown18/01/2018
mae01/01/2017
Craig6724/10/2016
GordonAdshead28/11/2015
Edwin Gradwell23/08/2015
George Gradwell23/08/2015
stevent080917/07/2015
Denise 30/12/2014
Dave Geere07/12/2014
PJT23/03/2014
mcbiydw204/10/2013
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