This reconstruction has been revised in recent years and the location of the temples is still in dispute. A study of architectural fragments from classical temples found reused as road surfacing in the town in the late Roman period has revealed that there were temples dedictaed to various legionary cult deities. It was once thought that the temples were located on the course of the Stanegate within the fort, due to the excavation of several small rectangular buildings in a similar configuration to those pictured in this illustration, but it has recently been argued that the buildings were more likely to have been commercial or storage buildings and that the location for temples or a sanctuary is more likely to have been some distance outside the centre of the settlement.
This illustration was reproduced on page 98 of the 1989 English Heritage publication entitled 'Hadrian's Wall', by Stephen Johnson.
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
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Illustrator: Gardiner, Frank Joseph Henry
Roman Temple