Tag: Hadrian’s Wall
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Hadrian’s Wall article
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/specials/hadrians-wall/divide-and-conquer-hadrians-wall-and-the-native-population.htm
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Hadrian’s Wall under Hadrian: video and detailed lecture notes
Why did the Romans build Hadrian’s Wall, and how was it meant to work? David Breeze examines its design and…
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Burgh by Sands Roman Fort
120 AD built Visit Burgh by Sands The fort lies beneath and around the village of Burgh by Sands. The…
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Rudchester Roman Fort
Visit Rudchester Rudchester is a largely unexcavated fort beside Hadrian’s Wall. Follow public paths and use the site record to…
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Great Chesters Roman Fort
127 AD Fort built Visit Great Chesters Great Chesters lies near Haltwhistle, beside Hadrian’s Wall. Follow the public route and…
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Housesteads Roman Fort
122 AD Fort constructed 300 AD Barracks remodelled 407 AD Fort abandoned Visit Housesteads Housesteads preserves an exposed fort above…
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Chesters Roman Fort
124 AD Fort built housing 500 cavalrymen 138 AD to 161 – some work was carried out in the fort…
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South Shields Roman Fort (Arbeia)
The fort was a supply base for Hadrian’s wall and Septimus Severus’s campaign in Scotland. The fort has the Regina…
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Wallsend Roman Fort
This fort was built over local people’s fields as evidence of the field system was found during excavation Visit Segedunum…
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Roman Britain in Colour display – Great North Museum: Hancock
Pause and enjoy a dramatic reimagining that shows how seven Roman altars in the Hadrian’s Wall gallery were originally brightly coloured. Now…
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Hadrian’s Wall 122 AD
When Hadrian became Emporer the policy was to construct barriers between the Roman Empire and the barbarians outwith so walls…
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Hadrian’s Wall Roman refugee camp for Scots
Team finds hundreds of unusual round buildings likely to have housed natives seen as traitors by tribes in Scotland during…
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Hadrians Wall Website
A great website can be found here https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hadrians-wall/ You can walk or cycle the sometimes hilly route.
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List of Roman Resources on the Internet
The Antonine Wall (https://www.antoninewall.org/) Hadrians Wall ( https://hadrianswallcountry.co.uk/) The Gask Ridge (http://www.theromangaskproject.org/) Hunterian Museum Glasgow ( https://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/collections/permanentdisplays/theantoninewall/) Trimontium Museum Melrose…
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Roman Altars and Tombstones in Colour
The Great North Museum has colourised altars and tombstones according to pigmentation left on the stonework. This is a video…
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Carlisle – Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
Tullie is one of the most important museums for understanding the western end of Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman military…
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Hadrian’s Wall after Hadrian: did its purpose change?
David Breeze follows the changing use of Hadrian’s Wall through the centuries after its founder’s reign.
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How did Hadrian’s Wall work? A lecture by David Breeze
Why did the Romans build Hadrian’s Wall, and how was it meant to work? David Breeze examines its design and…
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Segedunum Roman Fort – Newcastle
Segedunum stands at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall beside the River Tyne. The museum and excavated fort provide one…
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I’ve been on the Pilgrimage! – Current Archaeology
WallQuest community project – lots of good info on 2019 developments on Hadrians Wall. Source: I’ve been on the Pilgrimage!…
