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'Look Out', Fort Street, South Shields
Image: © Andrew Curtis
Taken: 10 Dec 2010
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Trajan Avenue. South Shields
Taken at the junction with Lawe Road. This is close to the Roman site Arbeia, hence the name 'Trajan'.
Image: © David Kemp
Taken: 28 Sep 2018
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View to the reconstructed Commanding Officer's house at Arbeia Roman Fort, Lawe Top, South Shields
My first visit to Arbeia. The reconstructions look amazing already. We can barely perceive the glory that was Rome. These help that process start.
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell
Taken: 30 Jul 2021
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Inside part of the Commanding Officer's house at Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields
The reconstruction is amazingly impressive and makes massive progress in conveying how the Romans operated and lived.
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell
Taken: 30 Jul 2021
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Courtyard of reconstructed Commander's Quarters, Arbeia
The decoration is supposedly authentic.
Image: © Dave Dunford
Taken: 11 May 2013
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Roman Fort
Arbeia Roman Fort, originally built to house a garrison which guarded the entrance to the River Tyne.
Four miles east of the end of Hadrian's Wall, at South Shields, Arbeia soon became the military supply base for the 17 forts along the Wall.
Image: © peter maddison
Taken: 30 Aug 2007
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Quarters in the replica barrack block at Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields
Winter here must have been 'fresh' and shared quarters must have been vital to enjoy some warmth and comfort...
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell
Taken: 30 Jul 2021
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A room in part of the Commanding Officer's house at Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields
The dining room, if I recall correctly, where Romanised elites came to recline and dine, plan and plot...
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell
Taken: 30 Jul 2021
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Reconstructed barracks and Commander's quarters, Arbeia
Reconstructed buildings based on archaeological evidence unearthed here and at other forts in the Empire and rebuilt on their original foundations.
Image: © Dave Dunford
Taken: 11 May 2013
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Part of the replica barrack block at Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields
A Centurion had his quarters at the head of each block, with his men housed in shared barracks, with bunkbeds etc over the remainder of the block.
The units were obviously close-knit, disciplined, tough, committed and professional - qualities that set the very best true soldiers apart.
We can obviously only make an educated guess at what their living conditions were like, but their lives must have been tough, brief and unpredictable.
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell
Taken: 30 Jul 2021
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