A Discovery About a Priceless Roman Artefact
A Discovery About a Priceless Roman Artefact The Rudge Cup is an enamelled bronze bowl dating from around 130AD. This and two other similar bronze… Read More »A Discovery About a Priceless Roman Artefact
Hadrians Wall
Divide et Impera – Another Way to Look at Hadrian’s Wall
Divide et Impera — Another Way to Look at Hadrian’s Wall Maybe a better way to understand Hadrian’s Wall is to look at it as a… Read More »Divide et Impera – Another Way to Look at Hadrian’s Wall
Why Wallsend Needs a (New) Statue of Hadrian
Why Wallsend Needs a (New) Statue of Hadrian 8th April 2023 Money is Finally Being Spent on the Town Despite failing to win Levelling Up… Read More »Why Wallsend Needs a (New) Statue of Hadrian
Why Hadrian’s Wall Didn’t Go to the Sea — Approaching a Definitive Answer
This is a follow up to an earlier post on the relationship between the people living locally as a sub-tribe of the Votadini and the… Read More »Why Hadrian’s Wall Didn’t Go to the Sea — Approaching a Definitive Answer
What’s in a Name — Part 3: The Fort at the End of the Wall
Many people think that the names of Roman forts in Britain were Latin. Although the country was administered in Latin, just as in Gaul, most… Read More »What’s in a Name — Part 3: The Fort at the End of the Wall
A Roman Pharos at North Shields
Clifford’s Fort on the Fish Quay is the remains of a 17th century defence battery which may have been preceded by a Tudor era fort.… Read More »A Roman Pharos at North Shields
Finding Blake Chesters
Hadrian’s Wall ended at Wallsend, but the frontier carried on to the sea. We’ve identified the site of Blake Chesters, the lost & forgotten camp in North Shields. The evidence includes a 1320 scroll written in Latin and references by antiquaries going back centuries.
Where Were They? The Absence of Roman Settlement in Tynemouth
2022 marks 1900 years since work on Hadrian’s Wall commenced in 122 AD, and this post seeks to shed light on an important question of… Read More »Where Were They? The Absence of Roman Settlement in Tynemouth
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