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Senhouse Roman Museum Senhouse Museum, Maryport. This building was built in 1885 as a Naval Reserve Battery. It is next to the earthworks of a large Roman Fort, and has been converted to house an important museum of Roman artifacts, a collection started by John Senhouse in the 1570s.

Surroundings:

ALAUNA

ALAUNA

Maryport

Round earthworks

Brownrigg milefortlet no 22

Swarthy Hill Mile Fortlet 21

Peel Tower Burrow Walls

Museum

Location:

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Maryport
geo:54.721352,-3.495741
Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

Museum
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=12848

Annotations

See http://www.senhousemuseum.co.uk/

Nearby

ALAUNA

Fort built by legionaries from both the Second and Twentieth legions

Alavna Vicus

Alavna Vicus

Maryport Temple

Maryport Temple, possibly a mithraeum.