Housesteads Roman Fort
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Housesteads Roman Fort

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Type

Hexham

Where

roman · Heritage

Good for

Check before you go

Cost

Plan your visit

Opening times

Open access — check locally for facilities

Location

Hexham

Parent hack

Arrive at opening time in school holidays — you'll beat the queues and the car park.

Housesteads Roman Fort was an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland, England. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the 1-mile (1.6 km)-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.

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