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Lagentium
53.7260° N, -1.3560° E
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Lagentium or Legiolum was the Roman name for the fort and surrounding civilian settlement which was built around the year 74 by the Roman Empire. The English town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, is now built on what was the fort.
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Ermine Street context
c. 43
Fort constructed
c. 74
Roman abandonment
c. 180
Brigantes reoccupation
c. 250
Norman redistribution
1066
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