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A view of Hadrian's Wall showing its length and height. The upright stones on top of it are modern, to deter people from walking on it. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Hadriani, also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Aelium in Latin) is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. [1]
Housesteads Roman Fort was an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, [1] at Housesteads, Northumberland, England. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.
The fort lay at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall near the banks of the River Tyne. It was in use for approximately 300 years from around 122 AD to almost 400. Today Segedunum is the most thoroughly excavated fort along Hadrian's Wall, and is operated as Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths and Museum.
Roman forts on Hadrian's Wall, by original name if known. See also the nearby forts of Alauna (Maryport), Arbeia, Coria (Corbridge) and Vindolanda.
Cilurnum (1964 OS map) Fort, baths and vicus Cilurnum Fort plan Cilurnum baths. Cilurnum or Cilurvum was an ancient Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall at Chesters near the village of Walwick, Northumberland. It is also known as Walwick Chesters to distinguish it from Great Chesters fort and Halton Chesters.
Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which it pre-dated. [note 1] Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD.
Plan of Fanum Cocidi (excavated 1937) Forts near Hadrian's wall Roman forts in 270 AD. Bewcastle Roman Fort was built to the north of Hadrian's Wall as an outpost fort possibly intended for scouting and intelligence. [citation needed] The remains of the fort are situated at the village of Bewcastle, Cumbria, 7 miles (11 km) to the north of the ...
Uxelodunum fort, Hadrian's Wall with milecastles, and Luguvalium on 1964 OS map Uxelodunum plan. Uxelodunum (with the alternative Roman name of Petriana and the modern name of Stanwix Fort) was a Roman fort with associated civilian settlement in modern-day Carlisle, Cumbria, England.