Wednesday 5 May 2010

May 05, 2010 Segedunum

















Segedunum was the Roman fort at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall in Wallsend. The Wall is 80 miles long and runs from Bowness on Solway on the Solway Firth across to Wallsend onn the North bank of the River Tyne.
The Wall was began in AD122 and Segedunum is the  most-excavated fort is a must-see: spectacular reconstructions (including the bath house and a section of Wall), original Wall, computer-generated history tour and a 35-metre high viewing tower.

Open: 
1 Apr-31 Oct Mon-Sat 10am-5pm daily, 1 Nov-31 Mar 10am-3pm daily; closed 25-26 Dec, 1 Jan 

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