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Extract from the Chollerford Travel Guides:
At
CHOLLERFORD
, around four miles north of Hexham, a bridge crosses the North Tyne river, overlooked by the swanky
Swallow George Hotel
(tel 01434/681611,
; 110-150). Two thousand years ago, the main river crossing was a little way downstream, half a mile west of present-day Chollerford, where
Chesters Roman Fort
(daily: Easter-Sept 10am-6pm; Oct 10am-5pm; Nov-Easter 10am-4pm; 2.90; EH), otherwise known as Cilurnum, was built to guard the erstwhile Roman bridge over the river. Enough remains of the original structure to pick out the design of the fort, and each section has been clearl...
read the whole Chollerford Travel Guides...
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