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Arbeia Roman Fort

South Shields, Tyne and Wear

The supply base for Hadrian's Wall, with a rebuilt Roman gatehouse.

Arbeia guarded the mouth of the River Tyne and stored food and supplies for the soldiers along Hadrian's Wall. Its name may mean 'fort of the Arabs', and it was once manned by bargemen from the River Tigris, in today's Iraq.

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When
From AD 160
Where
55.0040, -1.4330
Group
Roman Britain

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Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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