Voreda

VOREDA

VOREDAa 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