The Roman Map of Britain Bowness-on-Solway or Kirkbride, Cumberland

Fanocodi (Paris ms.) var. Fanococidi (Vatican and Basel ms.) (R&C 155) next

?Tribunis cohortis primae Aelia Classicae, Tunnocelo (ND xl₅₁)

    Taken as L. fanum Cocidi 'temple of Cocidius', this fort is next in sequence after Mais. As might be expected dedications are found most often where troops were long concentrated. The dedications to Cocidius are most frequently found west of the river Tyne to the mouth of the Eden, along Hadrian's Wall.

    Tunnocelo is more easily matched with the form Fanocodi, explaining Tunnocelo's geminated n presents no difficulties. The second n may have be an oc misread or it was represented by an apostrophe.  [This seems more likely a corruption of Iuliocenon.]

    What are the chances of a popular local deity appearing in the name by accident?

    Watson considered Urien's echwydd to be the Solway. Morris-Jones interprets the term as 'a flow of water, a tidal current, a cataract'. Might Bowness-on-Solway be the penn- 'head' of the echwydd? Its position would certainly merit such a name. Is Fano Cocidi a rationalization of *Penneccued (or such) by Roman troops already familiar with the regionally popular Cocidius?

Were the equation of Drumburgh and Coggabata to be true, this would force R&C 155 to Kirkbride or an unknown fort on Margary 74 between Ambleside and Brougham.  Placing this beyond the Wall (Bewcastle) and out of geographical context is unjustified, the two following entries are south of the Wall and within the context of sites previously named.