Spectacular North Tyneside Roman bath house to benefit from Chancellor's economic plan for north-east

This article originally appeared on Culture24.

"Snapshot of north-east heritage" awarded £500,000 in government economic plan for region

A photo of two men in Roman cavalry dress under a blue skySegedunum, in Wallsend, was once home to 600 Roman soldiers© Courtesy Tyne and Wear Museums
A Roman bath house which was rediscovered in 2014 after being lost for 200 years will be fully displayed to the public as part of a plan by the Chancellor, George Osborne, to create a “Northern Powerhouse”, including work to reveal the full section of Hadrian’s Wall in Wallsend.

Segedunum, the most excavated site on the Roman frontier, was at the most eastern end when work began on the wall in AD 122 on the orders of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.

Nearly 1,900 years later, archaeologists were rewarded for months of intricate detective work when they pinpointed the site of the former Ship in the Hole pub as the spot of the original Roman bath house.

A six-point economic plan by the government in the north-east has awarded £500,000 to organisers at the fort, who are responsible for an impressive 35-metre viewing tower with spectacular views across the site and the nearby city and river.

An overhead photo of an archaeology siteA Roman bath was found near the site of a demolished pub in July 2014© Courtesy Tyne and Wear Museums
“The site itself is a snapshot of north-east heritage,” says Councillor Ged Bell, the Chair of Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, calling the grant “fantastic”.

“This is the former site of Swan Hunter and the most archaeologically excavated spot on Hadrian’s Wall.”

The announcement comes during an exciting year at the fort, where the creation of a new permanent display is underway and the British Museum’s exhibition, Roman Empire: Power and People will open in May.


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A photo of some people standing around a building siteThe WallQuest archaeology team at Segedunum© Courtesy Tyne and Wear Museums
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