Portgate

No above ground evidence remains for the Portgate. It would have been a major crossing point in the Wall for people travelling North and South. Located just North of Corbridge. Grid reference: NY 987 686

Information plaque at Stagshaw Roundabout.


How the Portgate may have looked?:




Reconstruction of typical gateway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portgate

 The Portgate would have been the most important crossing point of Hadrian's Wall, in the east, during Roman occupation.

Nothing remains of this crossing point, its general position can be taken as underneath the Stagshaw roundabout where two important roads meet.




Stagshaw roundabout looking North.

The two roads are the B6318 Military road, running east to west and the A68 road, running north to south.

The B6318 Military Road was first constructed in the 18th Century and the A68 follows closely the route of the Roman Road named Dere Street. Long sections of the A68 travel in a straight line.