Longovicium
Roman fort of ca. 2.2 ha, 17 km N of Vinovia on Dere Street (NZ 159469). It was probably first occupied under Hadrian or Antoninus Pius, and garrisoned by Cohors I fida Vardullorum ca. A.D. 175 (RIB 1083). Reoccupied and rebuilt in the 3d c., perhaps from the reign of Gordian III (RIB 1091-92), when it was garrisoned by Cohors I Lingonum and also by a vexillatio Sueborum (RIB 1074). But in the 4th c. the garrison was a numerus identified only by the name of its station (numerus Longovicianorum). Metal-working was prominent in the village which grew up around the fort.
BIBLIOGRAPHYK. A. Steer, Trans. Archit. and Archaeol. Soc. of Durham and Northumberland 7 (1936) 200-15; 9 (1939) 112-22; E. Birley, ArchJ 111 (1944) 220-21; B. Dobson, Trans. Archit. and Archaeol. Soc. of Durham and Northumberland NS 2 (1970) 38.
J. C. MANN