At Housesteads Fort many boards supply information about the fort and its life.

The wall arrives:-

Fort Entrance:-

Headquarters building:-

The commanding officer’s house:-

On eof the problems at Housesteads was the water supply. The fort is built on the crest of a hill with no nearby water source. They had to make do with rain water or cart water from a stream fairly far off.

Food was less of a problem:-

Bread for the troops:-

Mediterranean style:-

Changes over the years:-

The vicus. Buildings outside the fort:-

Hadrian’s Wall from northeast corner of Housesteads Fort:-

Hadrian’s Wall going east from Housesteads:-

Hadrian’s Wall from northwest corner of Housesteads Fort:-

West Gate, Housesteads Fort:-

The North Gate was the only part of Housesteads Fort that opened to the north. From this angle Hadrian’s Wall itself snakes off mid right towards upper centre.

North Gate information:-

The fort’s northwest corner:-

Internal ruins:-

Fort’s southwest corner. The Fort’s museum building is in the background:-

Southeast corner:-

West wall of the fort and the museum building:-

See my previous post on Housesteads.

Remains of barracks:-

Barracks information boards:-

Looking after the soldiers:-

Central buildings:-

Hypocaust stones:-

The latrines were placed at the fort’s lowest corner – the south-east – so that rainwater would flush them out:-

Housesteads Fort was one of the main forts situated along Hadrian’s Wall.

From the car park at the visitor centre it’s a fair walk into a valley and up again to the fort itself which is located on the crest of a hill-

Information board:-

Housesteads Fort Model (in the museum, housed in an old farm building hard by the fort):-

Fort design information board:-

Housesteads Fort from west:-

Administration Buildings:-