Burgh-by-Sands

• Burgh-by-Sands is a village in the County of Cumbria, located on the south shore of the Solway Firth between England and Scotland.
• It was the site of a Roman Fort called Aballava on Hadrian's Wall. No Remains of the fort are visible today.

History

• King Edward I died near here in February 1307 CE, while on a Campaign against Scotland, and his body was laid in the Church before being taken to Westminster Abbey. A Monument to Edward I stands nearby.

Auxiliary Unit

• Numerus Maurorum Aurelianorum
  • The unit is recorded as being here in an inscription from the 4th century CE.
  • They were a North African unit from Mauretania, modern Morocco.

Roman Roads

• Military Way
  • Bowness-on-Solway–Stanwix–Wallsend

Burgh-by-Sands