Segendum Wallsend
The Roman Wall originally was built to finish at Pons Aelius which is now Newcastle. Work began in 122AD and proceeded towards the west. It was then decided that the Wall should be extended further east, experts believe this was done to protect the river crossing at Pons Aelius. Around 127AD, work was begun on a further 4 mile section of the Wall east from the fort at Pons Aelius, passing through what is now known as Byker and ending at the new fort of Segedunum in Wallsend.
Segedunum is of Celtic origin and signifies a hill of some kind. The fort measured 453ft from north to south and 393ft from eats to west, covering and area of 4.1 acres.
Experts believe there may have been a village surrounding the fort, including the area to the north of the wall as evidence has been found to support this theory.
The fort was abandoned around 400AD, for centuries the whole area was open farmland and in the 1700's the area over time became a Pit village. Around 1884, the whole fort of Segendum was buried under housing.
In the 1970's the houses on the site were demolished, excavation started and the stie was reconstructed in the beginning of the 1990s.