By Crasterfarian Introduction Crowning the top of Penshaw Hill stands one of the North East’s most iconic landmarks. Penshaw Monument was built in 1844 as a… Read More »Recycled Roman Stone in Penshaw Monument from a Lost Roman Weir on the River Wear
By Crasterfarian This site has many posts about various Roman remains in Northumberland. I think it;s important to help put some of this into context within… Read More »The Stanegate Roman Road
By Crasterfarian In the last post we looked at the tragic wreck of the Tadorne, a trawler that succumbed to the rocks of Howick in thick… Read More »Submarine G11 Wreck, Howick
By Crasterfarian Many of you will have spent a wonderful afternoon walking between the villages of Boulmer and Craster or vice versa. It’s a gorgeous stretch… Read More »The Wreck of the Tadorne
By Crasterfarian Most people slow down the first time they visit Craster. As they crest the brow of the hill into the village, the view takes… Read More »Craster, A Brief History
By Danny Sanderson Long before the Backworth Hoard sat behind museum glass, it lay quietly beneath the soil near Earsdon, protected by time, clay, and… Read More »The True Story of the Backworth Hoard: A Family Legacy from Earsdon
By Crasterfarian How about shipwreck hunting between Howick and Dunstanburgh Castle? Please be careful of slipping on wet rocks and seaweed and getting caught by… Read More »Wreck Hunting in Northumberland
By Crasterfarian Background Between Milecastle 58 (Newtown) and Milecastle 72 (Fauld Farm) on Hadrian’s Wall, a stretch of roughly 13 Roman miles, no remains of Wall… Read More »Theory: Strategic Omission of Turrets Between Castlesteads and Aballava Forts due to Petriana Deployment at Uxelodunum and Frontier Tactics
By Crasterfarian When the Roman Empire withdrew its legions from Britain in the early 5th century, it left behind not just monumental buildings and roads,… Read More »The Banna Theory: Arthur, the Last Roman Warlord
By Crasterfarian IN 634AD, life in Northumbria must have felt precarious for its people. Having already suffered a defeat and the loss of their king,… Read More »A Theory: Oswald, Heavenfield and Lessons from Early History
