Chester Roman Fort Roman Fort With Music On History Visit To The Border Between England And Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Chester Roman Fort on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit from Glasgow to South of the border between England and Scotland, Britain, United Kingdom. Hadrian’s Wall is located near the border between modern day Scotland and England. It runs in an east to west direction, from Wallsend and Newcastle on the River Tyne in the east, traveling about 73 miles west to Bowness on Solway on Solway Firth. The fort was built in the early 2nd century to guard the point where Hadrian's Wall crossed the River South Tyne. The fort was begun in AD 124, during the first phase of construction on Hadrian's Wall. Initial plans for the Wall did not include any forts, but within two years plans were changed, to create 15 forts along the course of the wall, manned by auxiliary troops, drawn from legions whose members were not Roman citizens. Chesters was called Cilurnum by the Romans and was garrisoned by 500 cavalrymen. To support the 500 men and their horses the fort required 16 barracks blocks, each housing 32 men and their goods All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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