Vercovicium Picture Gallery

 

This is a collection of Photographs taken at Housesteads Fort over 3 visits.  If you want to know more about any particular picture then e-mail [email protected] and let me know the filename of the picture.  Be sure to include the words Housesteads Fort in the title of the message.  

The armoury at Vercovicium

The view from the North West Angle Tower looking down the banking

The Contubernium was shared by 8 men

This is the courtyard of the Praetorium, the Commander's House.

This picture shows part of the drainage system the fort had for the collection of rainwater

The view of Housesteads fort from the museum

The Praetorium as seen from the Principia

The West Gate

The underfloor ventilation system of the granary

The view of the granary looking westward

Looking North East into the Hospital

The Hospital looking towards the South East and the Vallum

An 18th century Kiln built into, and using stone from, the granary

The kitchen of the Praetorium

Housestead's famous toilets :-)

Looking East to Hadrian's Wall with the Barracks in the foreground

The Murder House!   What foul crime was committed here almost 1,800 years ago?

The Headquarters Building of the fort

The view from above the South Gate looking South to the Vallum

The wear on the steps of the South Gate

From the North Gate of the fort, looking East along Hadrian's Wall

The Water Tank, used for washing clothes by the men of the fort, and as a water supply for the latrines

OK, not taken at the fort itself, but this is a particularly striking view of the Vallum

A row of shops, now the inn feeds only sheep.

A grey miserable day looking at the Vicus facing South East

Looking due North from the Fort

Looking along the colonnade of the Praetorium, with living rooms on the right hand side

Looking west from the North West Angle Tower along Hadrian's Wall

 

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Copyright on ALL the pictures belongs to Siôn McElveen and they should not be copied, transmitted or used for any purpose without my permission.  If you want to use any of them, just e-mail me, and as long as the purpose is non-commercial then I will give it.

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