Newcastle upon Tyne
Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum
Roman Fort With Fully Reconstructed Gateway
Baring Street
South Shields, NE33 2BB
Nearest Train: South Shields
Phone: +44 191 456 1369
Fax: +44 191 427 6862
The continuing excavations at Arbeia have revealed the remains of an important Roman fort and supply base near the eastern extremity of Hadrian's Wall. The Romans had a fort on the site from the first to the fourth century AD. Archaeologists have also found the remains of an Iron Age settlement that was there before the Romans and of two people who died violently during the Dark Ages. The life-size replica of the West gate was built on the site of the original gate and is an ideal introduction to what a fort's wall and defences were like. Plans are being made to rebuild the entire fort in something close to its original condition.
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