. ▁ ▁Several ▁names ▁for ▁the ▁site ▁are ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁records , ▁including ▁" Ch esters ▁on ▁Ca ud ley ", ▁" L ittle ▁Ch esters ", ▁" The ▁B ower ", ▁and ▁" Ch ester holm "; ▁the ▁alt ar ▁found ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 ▁confirmed ▁that ▁the ▁Roman ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁site ▁was ▁" V ind ol anda ", ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁dispute ▁as ▁one ▁early ▁source ▁referred ▁to ▁it ▁as ▁" V ind ol ana ". ▁ ▁G arrison ▁The ▁g arrison ▁consisted ▁of ▁inf antry ▁or ▁caval ry ▁aux ilia , ▁not ▁components ▁of ▁Roman ▁leg ions . ▁From ▁the ▁early ▁third ▁century ▁on wards , ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁C oh ors ▁IV ▁Gall orum ▁equ it ata ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Four th ▁C oh ort ▁of ▁Ga uls . ▁It ▁had ▁been ▁pres umed ▁that ▁this ▁title ▁was , ▁by ▁this ▁time , ▁purely ▁nom inal , ▁with ▁auxili ary ▁troops ▁being ▁rec ru ited ▁locally , ▁but ▁an ▁ins cription ▁found ▁in ▁a ▁recent ▁season ▁of ▁exc av ations ▁suggests ▁that ▁native ▁Ga uls ▁were ▁still ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁regiment ▁and ▁that ▁they ▁liked ▁to ▁distinguish ▁themselves ▁from ▁British ▁soldiers . ▁The ▁ins cription ▁reads : ▁ ▁A ▁translation ▁of ▁this ▁is ▁" The ▁troops ▁from ▁Ga ul ▁dedic ate ▁this ▁statue ▁to ▁the ▁god dess ▁Gall ia ▁with ▁the ▁full ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁British - born ▁troops ". ▁ ▁Fort ▁and ▁village ▁ ▁Early ▁wooden ▁for ts ▁The