Chesters Roman Fort and Museum, Hexham

Name: Chesters Roman Fort and Museum
Address: Hexham, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Hexham

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Housesteads Roman Fort is the remains of an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland, England, south of Broomlee Lough. The fort was built in stone around AD 124, soon after the construction of the wall began in AD 122 when the area was part of the Roman province of Britannia. Its name has been variously given as Vercovicium, Borcovicus, Borcovicium, and Velurtion. The 18th-century farmhouse Housesteads gives the modern name. The site is owned by the National Trust and is in the care of English Heritage. Finds can be seen at the site, in the museum at Chesters, and in the Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle upon Tyne. ()

Alternative names: Abandoned: 400Coordinates: 55°1'42"N, 2°8'23"W

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Chesters Roman Fort and Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cilurnum, Hadrian's Wall Path, Chollerford Bridge, Milecastle 26.

~860 ftS
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Cilurnum, Hadrian's Wall
5 min walk • Cilurnum or Cilurvum was a fort on Hadrian's Wall mentioned in the Notitia Dignitatum. It is now identified with the fort found at Chesters near the village of Walwick, Northumberland, England. It was built in 123 AD, just after the wall's completion.
0.5 miNE
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Hadrian's Wall Path, Hadrian's Wall
14 min walk • Hadrian's Wall Path is a long-distance footpath in the north of England, which became the 15th National Trail in 2003. It runs for 84 miles, from Wallsend on the east coast of England to Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast.
0.5 miE
Bridge
Chollerford Bridge, Hadrian's Wall
13 min walk • Chollerford Bridge is a stone bridge that replaced an earlier medieval bridge crossing the River North Tyne at Chollerford, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
1 miSE
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Milecastle 26, Hadrian's Wall
26 min walk • Milecastle 26 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its position is slightly to the south of, but mostly covered by the B6318 Military Road. and it is located around 700 metres east of the B6318 Military Road's junction with the A6079.
1.2 miSE
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Planetrees, Hadrian's Wall
31 min walk • Planetrees is an extant section of Hadrian's Wall named after the farm located around 250 metres to the west. The surviving section is 35 metres in length.
~860 ftS
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Milecastle 27, Hadrian's Wall
5 min walk • Milecastle 27 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. It was located on the line of Hadrian's Wall, approximately midway between the A6079 and the River North Tyne.
0.8 miW
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Milecastle 28, Hadrian's Wall
22 min walk • Milecastle 28 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall in England. No remains are currently visible. Its location is immediately to the south of the B6318 Military Road in Walwick.
~1260 ftS
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Chesters Bridge, Hadrian's Wall
7 min walk • Chesters Bridge was a Roman bridge over the River North Tyne at Chollerford, Northumberland, England, and adjacent to the Roman fort of Cilurnum on Hadrian's Wall.

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Nearby attractions include Cilurnum, Hadrian's Wall (5 min walk), Milecastle 27, Hadrian's Wall (5 min walk), Chesters Bridge, Hadrian's Wall (7 min walk), Chollerford Bridge, Hadrian's Wall (13 min walk).