Arbeia Roman Fort

Roman supply fort for Hadrian's Wall with a full-height reconstructed gatehouse, free to visit

Arbeia guarded the mouth of the Tyne and stored the grain that fed the garrisons along the wall. Its west gate has been rebuilt to its full height, along with a barrack block and the commanding officer's house, so you get a better sense of what a Roman fort looked like than anywhere else on the wall. The museum has the tombstone of Regina, a British freedwoman married to a man from Palmyra in Syria. Entry is free.

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