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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Brown Dikes Roman temporary camp, northern Britain


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  • UNESCO World Heritage Site (id 430), inscribed in 1987
  • Part of a multi-national frontier system spanning UK, Germany, and other countries
  • Located on elevated terrain in northern Britain, coordinates 55.026972, -2.252006
  • Short-term military encampment with surviving earthwork ramparts

Brown Dikes Roman temporary camp is an archaeological site forming part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire ...

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