Newcastle (Pons Aelius) Bridge, Vallum and Fort (info needed
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Newcastle (Pons Aelius) Bridge, Vallum and Fort (info needed
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05-06-2008, 04:13 PM
If you go to Google earth and pull up Wallsend fort, this is 4.5 acres so half of this is just over two. Then you have to loose 25% of that so to get a Cohort into an area of that size would be impossible, besides which the fort at the Pons Aelius was only there to gaurd the bridge no need to have a full Cohort unless we assume yet another fort on the other side of the river took the other half of the garrison.
Brian Stobbs
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