Catterick

• The village of Catterick is located on the river Swale in the County of North Yorkshire.
• It was once a Roman Fort called Cataractonium which guarded the bridge taking Dere Street across the river Swale.

History

• Cataractonium is listed in Iter I and Iter II of the Antonine Itinerary.
• It also appears on Ptolemy's Geographia (c.150 CE).
• In 1914 it became a military site once again when the Catterick Garrison was built nearby.

Roman Roads

• Dere Street
  • York-Catterick-Hadrian's Wall
• Iter I
  • Hadrian's Wall to Brough-on-Humber same route as Dere Street.
• Iter II
  • Hadrian's Wall to York and Chester then Watling Street to London and Richborough.
• Iter V
  • Pye Road from London to Caistor St Edmund, then Cambridge–Lincoln-Doncaster-York-Catterick-Carlisle.

Nearby Sites

• York
• Hadrian's Wall

Catterick, Richmond