Rochester (Northumberland)

Part of the country

Rochester is a small town in northern Northumberland (England). It is located northeast of Otterburn on the road from Corbridge by Jedburgh. The city belongs to the Parliament constituency of Hexham.

History

Rochester is the site of the former Roman fort Bremenium, which was built to protect the important Roman road (now Dere Street), passing through the village in the middle. This road linked Eboracum ( York) with the Antonine Wall in what is now Scotland. A military unit of the Roman army, the Cohors Primae Lingonum equitata, which consisted mainly of Lingones was stationed in Bremenium. From her they found a shrine with an inscription for the deity Matunus.

Here is the Three Kings, about six kilometers north-west, a Four Poster Stone Circle, are of the only three stones, the fourth has fallen. This monument consists of four standing stones that mark the corners of a square. The heaviest of stones weighs 2.5 tons. It is a grave condition, in its center was a small brick shaft for the ashes of the dead. The stone setting dates from the Bronze Age and is comparable to the Goatstones near the Ravensheugh Crags, also in Northumberland.

Gallery

Roman grave at the Dere Street

School attachment from Roman stones

War memorial

Souvenir shop

Reconstructed farm