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Over the course of several days, we visited a number of Roman forts along the Wall along with one, Vindolanda, which lay behind it. Housesteads is the most completely excavated fort and is particularly noted for its well preserved set of latrines. At Vindolanda, on the other hand, most of the recent archaeological activity has centred on the civilian settlement outside the fort. The waterlogged soil has produced an abundance of objects that would normally have rotted away, including a number of documents and letters written on thin wooden sheets (see article, Hadrian's Wall). Little of the fort at Carrawburgh has been excavated but a small temple to the god Mithras was uncovered just outside the southwest corner. |
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Housesteads: looking towards the South Gate
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Housesteads: view of the commandant's house showing the hypocaust for the heated floor
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Housesteads: view of the North Gate with the Wall running off to the east
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Housesteads: The Latrines
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Vindolanda: View of the Legionary Bath House
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Vindolanda: The Chapel of the Standards in the Headquarters Building
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Carrawbrugh: The Mithraeum
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Chesters: The group inspecting the Bath House
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Chesters: Schoolkids in the changing room of the Bath House
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South Shields: reconstruction of the Roman Gate
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