The Roman name for the fort was Fanum Cocidi (as recorded in the Ravenna Cosmography), and means 'The Shrine of Cocidius', a deity worshipped in northern Britain.

The fort was identified as Fanum Cocidi on the basis that, of nine altars discovered on the site, six are dedicated to the god Cocidius.

After 142, a short period of abandonment coinciding with the move into Scotland followed, and the fort was reoccupied in c.

The commandant's house (praetorium) was in the approximate centre of the hexagon, with the headquarters (principia) to the immediate north of it.

[citation needed] It was subsequently rebuilt but was finally destroyed after the barbarian invasion of 367 and was abandoned.