Posted in Architecture, History, Trips at 12:00 on 16 December 2021
Previous posts on Chesters Fort are here, here, here and here.
Commandant’s house from distance:-

Closer view. Stacked bricks are likely part of the hypocaust (heating) system:-

Side nearest River North Tyne:-

Remains of the floor:-

These niches are part of the bath complex. I forgot to include them in the psot about the baths at Chesters:-

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Posted in Architecture, History, Trips at 12:00 on 7 December 2021
See previous posts on Chetsers Fort here and here.
Main east gate. This is nearest the River North Tyne:-

Main East Gate information board:-

West gate:-


Posts; foundations for something or other:-

Vicinus houses lay outside the fort; local civilians or retired soldiers providing services to the fort would have set up houses/shops etc close by:-


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Posted in Architecture, Bridges, History, Trips at 12:00 on 1 December 2021
The main body of Chesters Fort lies on a hill just above the river River North Tyne.
River from Chesters Fort:-

This shows the spot where a Roman bridge crossed the river:-

Eastern part of Hadrian’s Wall and bridge abutment:-

Closer view:-

Bridge information board showing how it looked:-

Between the bridge and the fort proper you can still see a part of Hadrian’s wall:-

Also down by the river are the baths the soldiers used:-

Lower part of baths complex:-

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