- 69 AD fort built
- 117 AD end of first occupation
- 150 AD reoccupied
- 367 AD deserted around this time
Visit Ebchester
The fort lies beneath the village of Ebchester. Explore the modern village and recorded remains from public routes, using the site record to understand the buried layout.
Ebchester at a glance
| Occupation | Flavian occupation, followed by second-century reoccupation and later Roman use. |
| Garrison | The Fourth Cohort of Breuci is attested by RIB 1113; this evidence should be tied to its period rather than applied to every occupation. |
| Size | Internal area not securely established in the sources summarised here; measurements of the fort, annexes and different phases should be kept separate. |
| Troop estimate | No secure numerical estimate is established here. Fort area alone cannot determine the number present. |
Inscriptions
Consult the Vindomora/Ebchester inscription corpus for dated unit and personal dedications; a numerical garrison total is not recorded in this guide.
References
Ebchester Roman Fort (Historic England Research Records)
