Tag Archives: excavations

Defending the Fort

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   Exhibitions
Posted by administrator on April 9, 2018     Permalink     Comments (2)

Our first exhibition for the year here at Arbeia is all about the fort defences – the walls, ditches, ramparts, gates and towers that defined the fort. During the research for it we came across old photographs of all the… Read more

Spring Cleaning at Segedunum

Archaeology   Collections Management   Segedunum Roman Fort
Posted by administrator on February 11, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

Behind the scenes at Segedunum we have a number of stores where we house the objects which have been found during the excavations of the Roman Fort as well as the finds from other excavations within Tyne and Wear. Every object… Read more

The Victorian Press and the Fort

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on September 17, 2010     Permalink     Leave a comment

I have just been helping to choose some objects from the fort for an exhibition celebrating 150 years of the Museum in South Shields, and had to check up a bit on the history of one of the objects, which… Read more

Excavations at Arbeia

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology
Posted by administrator on August 6, 2010     Permalink     Comments (1)

The excavations here at Arbeia are now in their third week.  The team (made up of volunteers from Earthwatch) are actually digging just outside the wall of the fort itself, hoping to pick up some of the civilian settlement that… Read more