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3b. Housesteads Roman Fort VERCOVICIVM ROMAN FORT (Borcovicium) See also VINDOLANDA FORT pictures and Walking on Hadrian's Wall
VERCOVICIVM - Housesteads Roman Fort: View from the south of this historic major archaeological site. The Roman fort at Housesteads is just north of the Newcastle-Carlisle road.
VERCOVICIVM - Housesteads Roman Fort: There are numerous well deliniated foundations-walls of both civilian and military buildings.
VERCOVICIVM - Housesteads Roman Fort: The granaries
VERCOVICIVM - Housesteads Roman Fort: The North Gate
VERCOVICIVM - Housesteads Roman Fort: Barrack XIII, other barracks on the right
VERCOVICIVM - Housesteads Roman Fort: ?
VERCOVICIVM - Housesteads Roman Fort: ?
VERCOVICIVM - Housesteads Roman Fort: Above and below: South Gate
VERCOVICIVM - Housesteads Roman Fort: Above and below: South Gate with dates from the 4th century, so once of the last phases of building at Housesteads.
VERCOVICIVM - Housesteads Roman Fort: 19th century disued well south of the Roman Fort
The car-park, cafe and entrance
VERCOVICIVM - Housesteads Roman Fort: Ancient cultivation terraces just south of the Roman fort
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