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Melandra Castle Layout Sketch

Edited by David Carmichael | Added on 16th August 2017

You should be standing in the small car park next to the remains of the Roman fort.

Almost 2,000 years ago the fort Melandra (probably known to the Romans at Ardotalia) comprised a wooden barracks, a small bath-house, kitchens, and a principio (operational headquarters). The fort was engineered and built by the 1st Cohort of Frisiavones under the command of Velarius Vitalis and later garrisoned by the Portuguese auxiliary 3rd Cohort of Bracara Augustani. The structure was initially a wooden construction but was rebuilt in stone around 70 CE. The new fort was built in the shape of a rectangle, often described as a ‘playing card’ shap, with watch towers were erected at all four corners of the fort.

The sketch below was undertaken my archaeologist and illustrator, Mike Brown. You are in the area marked ‘MODERN CAR PARK’

Melandra map by Mike Brown, around 1970

 

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Connections in the Landscape

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Connections in the Museum

The objects below can be found in the Wonders of the Peak exhibition. Each has a connection to Melandra Castle Layout Sketch.

  • Exhibit 1.87: Brass seal mould
  • Exhibit 1.88: Lead dice
  • Exhibit 1.89: Bronze balance hook
  • Exhibit 1.90: Ring setting with Greek Sphinx
  • Exhibit 1.91: Silver denarii of Galba (68-69CE)
  • Exhibit 1.92: Silver denarii of Vespasian (69-79CE)
  • Exhibit 1.93: Iron ballista bolt
  • Exhibit 1.94: Pottery cheese press
  • Exhibit 1.95: Hypocaust tile with dog's paw print
  • Exhibit 1.96: Lower part of rotary quernstone
  • Exhibit 1.97: Box-flue tile

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