Banks, Cumbria

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country = England
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latitude= 54.96
longitude=-02.68
official_name =Banks
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shire_county= Cumbria
region= North West England
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os_grid_reference= NY5664

Banks is a village in Cumbria, England. The village is situated slightly to the north of the course of Hadrian's Wall. Nearby villages include Newtown and Lanercost.

History

Hadrian's Wall, the most significant Roman monument in Britain is located less than one kilometre south of Banks. The wall, was not a major battlement to prevent invasion, but a barrier to indercept unwanted immigrants from the north, who, according to the Romans, were a threat to the peacefulness of peaceful Britannia. [Stephen Johnson (2004) "Hadrian's Wall", Sterling Publishing Co., Inc, 128 pps, ISBN 0713488409] The River Irthing demarcated a key transition in the geometry of Hadrian's Wall according to C. Michael Hogan. West of the Irthing "turf and timber prevailed, while cut stones with limed mortar interstices were used to the east" of the river. [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18177 C.Michael Hogan (2007) "Hadrian's Wall", ed. Andy Burnham, The Megalithic Portal] ]

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