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November 13, 2004
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Emperor Hadrian’s Wall
We
have two World Heritage Sites in Northumbria, Hadrian's Wall and Durham
Cathedral and Castle. The remains of Hadrian's Wall still winds its way
across Britain with Roman forts at Housesteads, Vindolanda, Chesters between
Chollerford and Greenhead.
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Wallsend on Tyne as the name states
is the east end of Hadrian's Wall with a piece of wall being in the Swan Hunter
Shipyard on the river side. On demolishing the shipyard workers terraced home
recently the remains of a Roman Settlement were found. SEGEDUNUM Roman
Fort, Baths & Museum is now fully excavated and open to view along with a
reconstructed piece of wall as it would have been in AD 410 when the Romans
withdrew and returned to Rome. This site is easily accessed from Teesside's,
Metro Rapid Transit system.
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Northumbria
has many castles and strongholds Alnwick,
Bamburgh, Chillingham, Durham and Raby Castles are just a few of the reminders
of the Border warfare of the past. |
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The Romans occupied
Britain for 400 years building a wall to stop the un beatable Scot’s making
the Northumbrian hills into the Border of their mighty empire. Emperor Hadrian
ordered the building of a wall across the country from the Tyne to the Solway in
122 AD separating the Britons from the Picts.
The tribe of people
known as "Scots" came to Britain from Ireland, hundreds of years after
the Romans returned to Rome. In Roman times, the area now called Scotland was
populated by "Picts".
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Built in stone and
some 73 miles long and 5 metres high it was a great feat of engineering and the
Roman Empire. There are also many forts, museums, temples and other remains of
the Wall in Northumberland the best being between Hexham and Haltwhistle on the
north side of the Tyne valley.
Along the aptly named
Military Road from Chollerford to Greenhead, from which the buried remains are
obvious to the eye on either side of the road.
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Chollerford
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Chester's Roman
ruins was a Cavalry Fort built to accommodate 500 men. Located near
Chollerford the north of Hexham has a bath
house with a sauna and flushing toilets. The visitor’s centre includes a
collection of sculptures and Roman inscriptions.
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Once Brewed
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Housesteads
Roman Fort north
of Bardon Mill,
the walls of a complete Roman Fort, actually on Hadrian's Wall , visible are a
hospital and flushing latrines The museum Visitor’s Centre make this an ideal
stop to view the majestic border scenery from the wall.
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Roman
Vindolanda also
near Bardon Mill and Housesteads, this Fort and civilian settlement has a
full size reconstruction of a section of Hadrian's Wall and Roman temple
with a museum with rare Roman writing instruments leathers, textiles,
pottery artifacts. The shop and country restaurant are facilities worthy of
an extended break in ones journey. |
Greenhead
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Roman
Army Museum
Near Greenhead there is a museum of Roman Military life with life size models
and audio-visual shows, it provides a unique insight into the daily life of a
Roman soldier based on Hadrian's Wall. |
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Birdoswald
Roman Fort
Built into the structure of Hadrian's Wall the existence of prior turf wall can
be seen, visitors Centre and Tea Room complete the Educational visit. Tel:
016977-476-02
Email:
birdoswald@dial.pipex.com |
Hadrian's Wall Bus
Runs from Hexham to Carlisle
stopping at all the Roman Sites along the Wall, ideal for Back Packers to
access the out of the way places. Tel: 01434-322-002
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