After a friendly welcome by the reception staff, we went over to the cafe area and ordered from their very reasonably priced light lunch and drinks menu. We enjoyed our lunch in this attractive, spacious centre, just before joining one of their "Three Islands Seabird Seafari" boat trips. I've noticed this at several museums along Hadrian's Wall that for security, the most precious items have been transferred to the British museum. The Corbridge Lion is displayed in this museum, but Lanx is a replica with the original on display in the British museum. Two of the best finds on this site are the Corbridge Stone Carved Lion and the Lanx, a beautiful 4.6Kg solid silver tray. It means you don't get reflection off the glass from external lighting that so many places have. The displays of artifacts and stone work are excellent, I like the way the glass display cabinets have small spotlights inside them.
The museum is very well designed with floor to ceiling glass on the left side facing onto the ruins. It follows the traditional structures of Roman Forts with it's Granaries, Barracks, Officers Houses, Commanders House (Praetorium) and Headquarters (Principia).
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Information Boards around the site help you to visualise how this place would have looked in it's prime, and the "point and play" free audio guide is very useful if you want more detail.įrom the ruins and plans of this site, it's clear to see how the fort was laid out. More unusual than some of the forts along Hadrian's Wall because this place was very much integrated into the town with a high street running through the middle of this settlement.
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