04-17-2008, 06:40 PM
Quote:I have mentioned in other threads about the Stanegate, which may well have gone through this area on the north side of the Tyne. I am sure that this road would have been of great use to the Romans, should they have wanted to travel along the Tyne valley for the Wall does take the higher ground to the north of the river. It must also have been of great use to many of the Roman Villas through the Tyne Valley, in the form of trade and movement.
My thoughts exactly Brian, which is why I am including it. The settlement's location east of the fort is also conjectural as it is buried beneath the city and we shall probably never know its exact location in relation to the fort, so im locating it east of the fort and west of the milecastle, this does make some sense.
