Hadrian's Wall, Wallsend Fort (Segedunum)

HER Number:
198

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Hadrian's Wall, Wallsend Fort (Segedunum)

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Fort

Site Type: Specific:
Fort

General Period:
ROMAN

Specific Period:
Roman 43 to 410

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Visible in the 18th century, the fort area had become a pit village in the early 19 th century, was built over again at the end of the 19 th century, and was only finally cleared in the 1970s and 1980s. Chance discoveries were made of a well (in 1895) and the East gate (in 1912), and the fort outline was defined in 1929. Total excavation of the surviving internal area (except under Buddle Street) took place between 1975 and 1984, and partial excavation of the south ditches took place in 1991. The fort dates from c. A.D. 125 when the second (narrow) phase of the Wall was built east from Newcastle, and it continued in use to the end of the Roman period. It had 4 double gates and, at the south end at least, 3 ditches. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT AND UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

Easting:
430000

Northing:
566000

Grid Reference:
NZ430000566000

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
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