Washingwells Roman Fort
Washingwells Roman Fort
HER Number
143
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Washingwells Roman Fort
Place
Washingwells
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Fort
Site Type: Specific
Fort
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Cropmark
Description
The fort was discovered by aerial photography in 1970, identified from cropmarks. At least two phases of ditches are visible, perhaps more, and in the gaps in the later ditch system there seem to be individual postholes of timber gates. The ground slopes away on all sides except the north, where the approach is more level. The fort may have formed part of the 'Stanegate frontier', a system of forts pre-dating Hadrian's Wall. Roman pottery has not been found in various bouts of fieldwalking on the site. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT
Easting
421900
Northing
560200
Grid Reference
NZ421900560200
Sources
<< HER 143 >> Aerial Photograph, N. McCord,,1970, - 13 July, A/069153/28-33 -Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, - 29 July, A/069432/1-8- Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, - 30 July, A/069461/3-11 - Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, - A/069486/44-46 - Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, 10 Aug. A/069599/1-8 - Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, 13 Aug., A/069656/116-117 - Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, 7 Oct., A/070630/23 - Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1971 3 Aug., A/076715/25-27 - Museum of Antiquities
N. McCord, & G. Jobey, 1971, Notes on Air Reconnaissance in Northumberland and Durham, II Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLIX. p. 120
N. McCord, 1971, Britannia Vol. 2, p. 250, pl. xxxivB
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1972, 17 July, A/083290/1-4 - Museum of Antiquities
M.J. Jones, 1975, Roman Fort defences to A.D. 117,British Archaeological Report, 21, p. 183
Aerial Photograph, Dept. Archaeology Durham, 115, 1-5
D. Cranstone, 1998, The View from Washingwells, Roman Fort: An Insight into First Century
N. Holbrook & S.C. Speak, 1994, Washingwells, Roman Fort, A Transcription of the Aerial Photograph, The Arbeia Journal, Vol III, 1994, p33-47
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, - 29 July, A/069432/1-8- Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, - 30 July, A/069461/3-11 - Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, - A/069486/44-46 - Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, 10 Aug. A/069599/1-8 - Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, 13 Aug., A/069656/116-117 - Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1970, 7 Oct., A/070630/23 - Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1971 3 Aug., A/076715/25-27 - Museum of Antiquities
N. McCord, & G. Jobey, 1971, Notes on Air Reconnaissance in Northumberland and Durham, II Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLIX. p. 120
N. McCord, 1971, Britannia Vol. 2, p. 250, pl. xxxivB
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1972, 17 July, A/083290/1-4 - Museum of Antiquities
M.J. Jones, 1975, Roman Fort defences to A.D. 117,British Archaeological Report, 21, p. 183
Aerial Photograph, Dept. Archaeology Durham, 115, 1-5
D. Cranstone, 1998, The View from Washingwells, Roman Fort: An Insight into First Century
N. Holbrook & S.C. Speak, 1994, Washingwells, Roman Fort, A Transcription of the Aerial Photograph, The Arbeia Journal, Vol III, 1994, p33-47