Housesteads Roman Fort - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Housesteads Roman Fort - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Housesteads Roman Fort was an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall,J.G. Crow, Housesteads Roman Fort, London: English Heritage (1989) at Housesteads, Northumberland, England. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills. It was called the "grandest station" on the Wall and is one of the best-preserved and extensively displayed forts. Alan Rushworth (15 February 2014). Housesteads Roman Fort - the Grandest Station. English Heritage Publishing. p. ix. ISBN 9781848021655. It was occupied for almost 300 years. It was located 5.3 miles west from Carrawburgh fort, 6 miles east of Great Chesters fort and about two miles north east of the existing fort at Vindolanda on the Stanegate road. Read more on Wikipedia
Source: en.wikipedia.org