Misplaced Pages

Washing Wells Roman Fort

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Washing Wells Roman Fort
Washing Wells Roman Fort is located in Tyne and WearWashing Wells Roman Fort
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceBritannia
Location
Coordinates54°56′10″N 1°39′30″W / 54.9362°N 1.65842°W / 54.9362; -1.65842
TownGateshead
CountyTyne and Wear
CountryEngland
Reference
UK-OSNG referenceNZ219602
Part of a series on the
Military of ancient Rome 753 BCAD 476
Structural history
Army
Navy
Campaign history
Technological history
Military engineering
Political history 
Strategy and tactics
Frontiers and fortifications
Ancient Rome portal

Washing Wells Roman Fort, was a fort in the Roman province of Britannia. Its ruins are located at (grid reference NZ219602) southeast of Whickham in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.

History

The fort was discovered from the air in 1970 and is trapezoid measuring about 490 by 410 feet and covering an area of about 4.5 acres (1.8 ha). The fort has not been excavated.

References

  1. "Washing Wells". Retrieved 23 March 2014.

External links

Roman visitor sites in the UK
Villas
Forts & military
Towns
Museums
Other sites
Categories: