ARLT http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog Anything teachers of Latin, Greek, Classicsal Civilisation or Ancient History might find useful or interesting. en-us Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:40:17 +0000 Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall Blogware arltblogger Model of Birdoswald, view 2 http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116256.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116256.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:29:29 +0100 Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger Model of Birdoswald, view 3 http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116257.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116257.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:30:36 +0100 Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger The group above the steep slope http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116314.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116314.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:35:11 +0100 Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger The group stands at the top of a precipice http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116308.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116308.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:16:18 +0100 Helping with the defence of Birdoswald was a very steep hill. Some idea of the steepness of this hill is ... Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger Some spectacularly good ashlar masonry http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116310.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116310.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:21:23 +0100 Our guide pointed out this small section of the fort wall, near the gate, which is finished to a high ... Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger Going through the gateway today http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116263.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116263.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:40:52 +0100 For larger picture click the small one here. <center> <a href="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j116/davidparsonsd/birdoswald_group3.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j116/davidparsonsd/th_birdoswald_group3.jpg"></a> </center> Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger The ARLT members enter the fort through the gateway http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116265.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116265.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:42:16 +0100 For bigger version click here. <center> <a href="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j116/davidparsonsd/birdoswald_group4.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j116/davidparsonsd/th_birdoswald_group4.jpg"></a> </center> Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger Granary with posts from a later building http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116292.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116292.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:06:02 +0100 <center> <a href="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j116/davidparsonsd/birdoswald_granary2.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j116/davidparsonsd/th_birdoswald_granary2.jpg"></a> </center> For full size photo click the thumbnail. Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger The raised floor of one granary http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116295.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116295.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:07:23 +0100 Raised floor of one of the Birdoswald granaries. For full size picture, click on thumbnail. <center> <a href="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j116/davidparsonsd/birdoswald_granary3.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j116/davidparsonsd/th_birdoswald_granary3.jpg"></a> </center> Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger ARLT group at the granary http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116300.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116300.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:10:30 +0100 Nan in the front of the picture first heard of the Summer School via the web site, and came all ... Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger Guard room with oven by a gateway http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116267.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116267.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:43:38 +0100 Guard room with oven by a gateway in Birdoswald. Click the thumbnail for full size picture. <center> <a href="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j116/davidparsonsd/birdoswald_gate1.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j116/davidparsonsd/th_birdoswald_gate1.jpg"></a> </center> Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger The ARLT group by one of the gates http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116268.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116268.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:44:51 +0100 Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger Our guide shows us the gateway http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116270.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116270.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:47:25 +0100 Our lively and amusing guide is the woman in blue at the right of the people beyond the wall.<br> Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger Large ovens beside the gate http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116271.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116271.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:48:52 +0100 Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger Try attacking up this hill! http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116309.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116309.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:17:49 +0100 Here is the precipitous slope that protects the fort on one side.<br> Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger Information about the Birdoswald granaries (1) http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116274.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116274.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:51:56 +0100 Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger Roman soldiers at training - reconstruction painting http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116311.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116311.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:24:55 +0100 Several reconstruction paintings are placed at suitable places in Birdoswald to help us to visualise how the archaeology should be ... Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger The gate in Roman times http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116262.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116262.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:39:32 +0100 Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger Model of Birdoswald, view 1 http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116254.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116254.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:28:07 +0100 Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger The Birdoswald granaries in Roman times http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116272.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116272.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:50:41 +0100 Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger Granaries information 2 http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116284.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116284.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:02:50 +0100 Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger The fort when it had fallen into decay http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116305.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116305.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:13:08 +0100 The thatched building here is, I believe, the one marked out by posts on the site. Note the ruined Roman ... Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall arltblogger A man of his time http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116313.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/1/116313.html Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:33:38 +0100 The gentleman pictured here bought the farmhouse and added battlements and other extensions. He was interested in the Roman remains, ... Birdoswald fort, Hadrian's Wall