Tuesdays’s #ImageOfTheDay.

The Roman fort of #Housesteads (Vercovicium) on #HadriansWall in Northumberland, built soon after construction of the Wall began in AD122.

Today is the International Day for Monuments & Sites, #WorldHeritageDay. The @unesco World Heritage Site passes through our parish of Haydon Bridge.

For #RomanSiteSaturday this is #Housesteads, the more modern name for #Vercovicium, a #Roman #Fort along #HadriansWall in the north of #England. At Housesteads there is a section of the wall you're actually allowed to walk along (not that this stops people from walking along the bits you're not supposed to). This picture is of the #granary building. The pillars were to raise the floor and keep grain stored there dry.

#History #Archaeology

Into the post-Christmas dog days, the photo of the day of the year reaches August. Here's a visit to a favourite location on the Roman wall, Housesteads fort, which was housing an installation "The Future Belongs to What Was As Much As What Is", by artist Morag Myerscough, poet Ellen Moran with words sourced from the community along the wall.

#Photography #PhotoADay #Northumberland #RomanWall #August #Housesteads #Art #Installation #MoragMyerscough #EllenMoran #JoinIn #Borderlands

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Hadrian’s Wall - Jim Edwards
Favourite section of wall, Steel Rigg, past Sycamore Gap, on to Housesteads
Ltd edition prints available from 57 Lime St / website:
https://www.jimedwardspaintings.com/store/p153/Hadrian%27s_Wall.html
#hadrianswall #hadrianswall1900 #hw1900 #northumberland #steelrigg #sycamoregap #housesteads

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Art Installation, Housesteads Roman Fort, Northumberland, 2023

#housesteads #housesteadsromanfort #englishheritage #nationaltrust #thefuturebelongstowhatwasasmuchaswhatis #northumberland

#Saturnalia #Brumalia: Honey spiced wine (mulsum) and mead made life a little sweeter for Roman soldiers at #Hadrian’s Wall. Pots found at #Housesteads Roman Fort and Corbridge Roman town showed traces of mulled wine. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/12/mulled-spiced-wine-made-life-sweeter.html

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Here’s a photo of #Housesteads fort taken by me from the air some eight years ago. Hadrian’s Wall is visible to the right as it forms the northern wall of the fort. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology

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For #RomanFortThursday here’s a shot of #Housesteads fort on #HadriansWall. This photo was taken from the south and shows the way the fort straddles the brow of the hill. The vicus remains are visible outside the fort walls. Hadrian’s Wall forms the north fort wall (not seen).

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