Reconstruction illustration showing an aerial view of Chesters Roman Fort and civilian settlement (vicus), seen from the south-west, as it may have appeared in the second or third centuries. Chesters Bridge carried Hadrian's Wall over the River Tyne.

Date:
1966
Location:
Chesters Roman Fort, Humshaugh, Northumberland
Reference:
IC048/072
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This illustration was reproduced on page 26 of the 1987 English Heritage guidebook for Housesteads Roman Fort, page 28 of the 1996 reprint edition and page 31 of the 2003 reprint edition.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC048 Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site, Cumbria/ Northumberland/ Tyne And Wear; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Sorrell, Alan Ernest

Keywords

Roman Bridge, Roman Vicus, Roman Wall, Roman Fort