The old Riverside Branch Line, which preceded the Tyne & Wear Metro, included the station ‘Point Pleasant’ between Wallsend and Willington Quay, which is now Smulders’ Hadrian Yard. But the name is very curious, especially with it being so close to Segedunum. This is what the archaeological theorist, Raymond Selkirk (1931-2006), wrote about the name … Continue reading Point Pleasant, the Site of a Roman Dock?