The Segedunum Roman Fort at Walls End on Tyneside. Why is is call Walls end? This where Hadrian's wall end at the Ocean. The wall continued as short into the Tynes. Here is where roman ship would dock to unload their cargo or troops. The is incorporated into the city of New Castle.
The Fort remnants today 
On the Lower right is the Wallsend that goes out to the sea.
Segedumn would of housed a Legion of roman soldiers. The upper left you will see the wall. Is was used a cause way to deliver Troops and supplies along he length if the wall. The layout you finding to typical of later Roman Forts. Everything the legion would need to housed inside the wall. Outside the to gates as civil housing. Shops that sold goods to the troops. And of course the local ladies of the night that would get the legionnaires money for romp in their rooms. It is very typical of what happened around a fort. The people had protection from wild Scots from the North.
A Roman cavalry men's billet. Not much to see, Just the bare minmum need to keep one warm and free of rain. Your would be in the room next to you. There you would feed and care for your horse.
Note the raised floor for center heating.
Endng todays post is the stone toilet/ Here you would chat with your mates. To complain about
the terrible Britain's weather while longing to go home to Rome.
useless fact of the day...
ReplyDeleteThe geordie word netty, meaning a toilet and place of need and necessity for relief or bathroom, has an uncertain origin,though some have theorised that it may come from slang used by Roman soldiers on Hadrian's Wall, which may have later become gabinetti in the Romanic Italian language