Hadrian's Wall - Vercovicium

Housesteads is the fort on the wall which attracts most visitors. Here there has been considerable excavation of the civilian settlement outside the fort. There are remains of four gates, the headquarters building, granaries, barrack blocks, bathhouses, and infirmary, stables, latrines, workshops and water tanks. The fort was designed for an infantry unit of 1,000 men. There is a small museum on the site which belongs to the National Trust.