The name Vindomora has been mistakenly understood to signify in Latin "The edge of the Black Moor", perhaps due to the resemblance of "-mora" to the Latin "maura" (black/dark), or "End of the Hill"; however, the name is clearly British, with the first part being the "windo-" (vindo-) "fair/white" found wherever Celts lived, with perhaps a variant of māra "great, big", also pan-Celtic. When the Romans had departed from the land, it received the name it now bears which is identical with "Upchester", and signifies "The Camp on the Height. The main road through Ebchester is appropriately named Vindomora road." The fort is only mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.