Washing Wells Roman Fort

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Gabriel Moss

Last modified Sep 27, 2018 09:55 PM — History

The site of a Roman fort has been identified via aerial photos. It is situated in agricultural land on Dunston Hill overlooking the River Tyne, 3 miles southwest of Newcastle and ca. 1 km southeast of Whickham.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/455355586

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
54.9362, -1.65842

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- GeoHack Location of Washing Wells Roman Fort (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.

Names:

None

Washing Wells Roman Fort makes connections with:

Washing Wells Roman Fort located on Stanegate (AD 43 - AD 410)

Washing Wells Roman Fort receives connections from:

None

Place type:
fort, tower (deprecated)

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See Further:

See Also:

Wikipedia (German) Stanegate

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The fort, with a trapezoidal plan, measures ca. 490 by 410 feet (ca. 150 x 125 m) and covers an area of ca. 1.8 ha.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Gabriel Moss, 'Washing Wells Roman Fort: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/455355586> [accessed: 25 April 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/455355586 |title=Places: 455355586 (Washing Wells Roman Fort) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 25, 2025 12:42 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}