This page is your starting point to a tour of Housesteads Fort. The fort was constructed as one of twelve in the frontier system known as Hadrian's Wall. The Roman name of Vercovicium means "The Place of the Fighters"

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South Gate and Vicus
Praetorium
Principia
Hospital
West Gate and North West Tower
North Gate
The Granaries
Barracks
The View of Hadrian's Wall to the East
Latrines

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