Raid on Tynemouth priory

Tynemouth is a complex archaeological site located on a promontory in Tyne and Wear (formerly Northumberland) that encompasses evidence of human settlement spanning from the Iron Age through to the modern period. The site contains remains of Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, succeeded by a…

Clifford's Fort is a Roman fort located in Northumberland, England, situated along the line of Hadrian's Wall in the northern frontier zone of Roman Britain. The fort dates to the second century AD and served as an auxiliary installation designed to control movement along the wall and defend the…

Arbeia, the Roman fort at South Shields, is a auxiliary fort established in the late second century AD as part of the Hadrian's Wall system in what is now Tyne and Wear. Originally constructed around AD 160 as a supply depot for the wall garrison, the fort served as a crucial logistics and milita…

St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow is a Benedictine monastic foundation established in 681 by Ceolfrith, an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and churchman, on the south bank of the River Tyne in County Durham. The monastery became one of the most significant centres of learning in early medieval Northumbria, and is…

Marsden lime kilns is a complex of stone-built lime kilns located near Marsden in Durham. The kilns date from the post-medieval period, likely from the eighteenth or nineteenth century, reflecting the industrial exploitation of local limestone resources in the region. The structures retain eviden…

Holy Cross Church, Wallsend, is a parish church of medieval foundation located in the town of Wallsend in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland. The church occupies a site of considerable antiquity within the settlement, which developed near the eastern terminus of Hadrian's Wall. The surviving structure…