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Photo: Following Hadrian, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Brigantes were a Celtic tribe in the north of England at the time the Romans arrived. They made peace and themselves became Romanised, with the large fort and settlement of Isurium Brigantum growing up here from the 1st century AD. The site, run by English Heritage, has a stretch of the defensive walls and two fine mosaics from a villa. The village church stands on the site of the forum. Visit by pre-booked guided tour.
Isurium or Isurium of the Brigantes was a Roman fort and town in the province of Britannia at the site of present-day Aldborough in North Yorkshire, England, in the United Kingdom. Its remains—the Aldborough Roman Site—are in the care of English Heritage.
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