The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister, Stillwell, Richard, MacDonald, William L., McAlister, Marian Holland, Ed.

VINDOMORA (Ebchester) Durham, England.

Site of Roman fort of ca. 1.2 ha, on Dere Street overlooking the bridge over the river Derwent, 16 km SE of Corstopitum (NZ 104555). It was occupied from the Flavian period to the end of the 4th c. (not necessarily continuously), and the original clay rampart was reinforced by a stone wall, probably under Hadrian. Traces of a late barrack block have been found in the W corner, and of a bath house in the E one. The garrison in the 3d c. was Cohors IV Breucorum (RIB 1101).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

E. Birley, Trans. Archit. and Archaeol. Soc. of Durham and Northumberland 11 (1958) 57; M. G. Jarrett, Arch. Ael. 38 (1960) 193-229; A. Reed, ibid. 42 (1964) 173-85; id., JRS 55 (1965) 203; B. Dobson, Trans. Archit. and Archaeol. Soc. of Durham and Northumberland NS 2 (1970) 38.

J. C. MANN