I mentioned the replica of the Commandant’s House at Arbeia Fort, South Shields, in this post.

Replica Commandant’s House viewed from northeast:-

Viewed from southeast:-

Commandant’s House and Barrack Block from northwest:-

Entrance colonnade. Various rooms lead off it:-

Colonnade and Frieze:-

As you would expect the rooms within the Commandant’s House are much better appointed than the barrack rooms were:-

Room with cot:-

Commandant’s Room:-

Private Room:-

Reception Room for meetings etc:-

At Arbeia Fort, South Shields, there are some mock-ups of barrack rooms as they would have been when the Romans were there.

Centurion’s Dining Room:-

Centurion’s quarter’s cot. Certainly looks like it was for a child:-

Centurion’s room:

Centurion’s sitting room:

The soldier’s quarters were a bit more spartan:-

Soldier’s sleeping quarters:-

In the exhibition centre at the fort was a stone with a dual language inscription. Latin and Aramaic:-

Arbeia Roman Fort stood guarding the mouth of the River Tyne at what is now South Shields. Its now surrounded by housing on three sides but its remains have been excavated.

There is an exhibition centre but its entrance gate, Commandant’s House and a barrack block have been reconstructed. The entrance gate is particulalry impressive:-

Model of fort:-

Information board:-

Arbeia Fort site from top of entrance gate, reconstructed barrack block and Commandant’s House to right:-

An excavated corner of the fort:-

Original columns, recosntucted entrance gate seen through them. When excavated the columns were lying on their side. They have been re-erected where they would have stood:-