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CASTLESTEADS, or Cambeck-Fort, the Roman station Petriani, on the Wall, near Brampton, in Cumberland. It measures 450 feet by 300; has yielded altars, inscriptions, coins, and other relics; and gives name to an adjacent mansion, formerly the seat of the Dacres.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "the Roman station Petriani" (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland Ancient County |
| Place names: | CAMBECK FORT | CASTLESTEADS | CASTLESTEADS OR CAMBECK FORT |
| Place: | Castlesteads |
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