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I was giigging last weekend and had a look at the excavations WOW a building with walls 8-10 ft high just the roof missing. I will let the pics do the talking :woot:

This is ground level :|


This is what I saw :woot:

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Doors
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Windows


Latrines in the extended part of the Fort


The drain for said Latrine :oops:


The outer wall of the Extended Fort :woot:
Just needed to share Imagine what else, building wise is underneath the ground level. Will keep you posted
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OPPS just one more showing niche for the Diety

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Thank you so much for posting thes- fantastic. Some more background here https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/resear...ect&id=475 .

If I recall correctly, there are some interesting theories of how tjhis fort in post roman times turned was used for leather working and an abattoir ?

Thank you so much for posting thes- fantastic. Some more background here https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/resear...ect&id=475 .



http://content.durham.gov.uk/PDFReposito...rticle.pdf

Quote:Thank you so much for posting thes- fantastic. Some more background here https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/resear...ect&id=475 .

And let's not forget that the popular account of the earlier work on the site is available at a reduced price in the Oxbow/David Brown summer sale.

Mike Bishop

Thank you Tony for posting these great pictures just fantastic and all the time we spent as a re-enactment group at this site in earlier times one never at all contemplated that this was all hidden beneath our feet.
I think it would not too be bold at all to say that this looks just like a Pompeii and Herculanium here in the north.

Can't really say anything else other than how fantastic!

Thanks for your replys everyone Brian you could be just about right on that one. I could not believe what I was looking at the plaster on the walls may have graffitie on it and this is on a plateau that goes right up too the main wall of the fort. Imagine the height of the fort wall :woot:
Here is a link too the geophis
http://www.academia.edu/3585005/Report_o...excavation
I cannot wait to see what next years excavations will find, so I will keep you posted
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Tony - anything about the plaster would be really, really interesting if you find anything out about it. I still have a few treasured fragments from West Denton excavations and it would be fascinating to do a comparison.

Very impressive finds.

Vindex no problem if anything comes up I will post. Gaivs if your passing the area it is worth a look in
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Given you a heads up WOW :woot: :woot: they have uncovered more. It is not a basement of a building as some eminent academics have said it was, it is another BATHHOUSE inside the fort I will let the pics do the talking

The changing room.

This is the recess that two alters where found one plain the other dedicated buy a AUXILLARY Architect but forgot to pic it DOH!

First plunge pool :lol:
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The second plunge pool with water proof lining as if put on yesterday.

This shows it had it vaulted roof as you can see the stones at the bottom and top are at a curved angle.

A general shot. Hope you like
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Tony.
This is not just a town that is similar to Corbridge it is way above that, just fantastic thank you for posting must take some time to go see all this.