By Crasterfarian In previous articles, we’ve explored the layered religious landscape of the Roman North — from the reused pagan site at Hartburn, where Dr. Sharpe… Read More »Brocolitia: Sacred Springs and Frontier Faith
By Crasterfarian Housesteads Roman Fort, perched high on the Whin Sill, is one of the most iconic sites on Hadrian’s Wall. Its dramatic position, panoramic views,… Read More »High and Dry: Why Housesteads Should Have Been Built Elsewhere
By Crasterfarian We’ve all stood in awe of the grand Roman aqueducts that still rise across the landscapes of Europe: feats of precision engineering that carried… Read More »The Lost Aqueduct of Aesica: A Roman Marvel in Northumberland
An Exploration of Hartburn, Warkworth & Woodhorn By Crasterfarian Across Northumberland’s rivers and roads, clues linger, carved in stone, hidden in caves, worn into the… Read More »The Pagan Path Beneath Our Feet
By Crasterfarian It’s all around us. History seeps from every inch of our land. Sometimes it’s visible, other times its very subtle. At first glance,… Read More »Walbottle’s Ghost of the Vallum
By Crasterfarian Linking the Burning of Vindobala, the Antonine Plague and the Milecastle 13 Hoard Vindobala (modern Rudchester), constructed around AD 125 and manned by the… Read More »Fire, Plague and Buried Treasure
By Crasterfarian Vindobala / Rudchester This fort lies around 11km west of Condercum Fort at Benwell. That’s a good stretch between forts and is the second… Read More »Vindobala and Its Giant’s Grave
By Crasterfarian The Fort and Its Remains Benwell fort, or Condercum as it was known to the Romans, sits on the high ground to the west… Read More »Benwell Condercum and Its Unique Features
By Crasterfarian Introduction As you head up the A68 from Corbridge you are travelling on the early trails of the legions. The road you are… Read More »A Northumbrian Roman Road to Sacred Sites
By Crasterfarian This theory proposes that Hadrian’s Wall terminated at Segedunum not due to oversight, but because it needed to go no further. Its tactical position… Read More »Theory: Why Hadrian’s Wall Did Not Extend Further East – A Strategic Docking and Defence Zone at Wallsend
