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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

Big altar, baby altar

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology
Posted by administrator on November 8, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

The best artefact from the excavations at Arbeia this season is a small altar about 25cm tall. This is only the fourth small altar recovered from the site – there are two others without inscriptions, and one dedicated to Vitiris –… Read more

Bell-shaped studs

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology
Posted by administrator on July 18, 2012     Permalink     Leave a comment

We have been busy changing the old Daily Life gallery in the museum at Arbeia into the brand new Amazing Finds gallery, which meant we had to take all the artefacts out of the room during the building work. Some of the objects… 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