Friends of Segedunum talk

Event begins:

11am

Cost:

Free to members | £3 for non-members | Light refreshment included | No booking required

As part of Segedunum Roman Fort's 1900th anniversary celebrations, Nick Hodgson will talk about how the Roman Fort of Segedunum was originally built in AD 126 to a standard design and then how and why it changed a number of times over the years before it was abandoned around AD 410.

Nick Hodgson worked as an archaeologist for Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums (now North East Museums) for over 30 years and oversaw digs at Segedunum in Wallsend and Arbeia in South Shields as well as many other sites. 

He has published a number of books as well as many archaeological reports linked to his long career with the museum service. He is regarded as an expert on Hadrian’s wall and published a book in 2017 called “Hadrian's Wall: Archaeology and History at the Limit of Rome's Empire”.

In addition, he also wrote the latest guidebook for Chesters Roman Fort in 2011.

In 2020 he wrote a book about the Roman Baths at Wallsend. This followed a successful community archaeology project called Wallquest, that he set up and oversaw in 2014.  Local residents, many of them Friends of Segedunum, discovered the long lost original Roman bathhouse at Wallsend that had been hidden under a pub not far from the Roman Fort. Nick successfully lobbied to have the site excavated and displayed and in time the site has now become part of the museum.

Nick has been an active member of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle for many years serving as Secretary and also President. He is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University and also a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Next talk - Saturday 11 April

What was life like for Women in and outside the fort - Alex Croom, Keeper of History, North East Museums