Corbridge Roman Town
Corbridge Roman Town
Not all of the sites on Hadrian's Wall were heavily guarded fortresses. Corbridge was a supply base and bustling town where the Romans and civilians would pick up food and provisions.
Today, you can still walk through the town's streets and experience a true time-capsule of Roman life. You can see a valuable hoard of objects found during excavations, including Roman armour and trinkets, which provide a fascinating insight into the life of a soldier.
Don't Miss
- The 'Corbridge Hoard' an influential Roman 'time capsule'
- Saturnalia, a Roman Christmas Festival, Sat 20 December
- Our Hadrian's Wall Infographic - plan your trip
- The Roman High Street
- A museum of Roman finds excavated on site
The Corbidge Hoard
See a fascinating display at Corbridge Roman Town, which shows one of the most significant finds in Roman history. The Corbridge 'Hoard' is one of the most influential Roman 'Time Capsules' ever discovered in Hadrian's Wall Country.
A display and interactive digital exhibit tells visitors all about this incredible find of treasures. The Corbridge Hoard is an almost 2,000-year-old Roman time capsule.
The well preserved objects include the contents of a Roman workshop and many of a Roman soldier's worldly goods - armour, tools, weaponry, wax writing tablets and papyrus.
Dating from between AD122 and 138, the contents of the hoard were found in excellent condition, due to the way that they were buried in an iron-bound, leather-covered wooden chest.
The display at Corbridge features never before seen film footage of the actual excavation of the hoard back in 1964, along with a striking new display of the armour in its original state, next to a replica which will help visitors imagine how the armour once looked.