The Roman fort at Wallsend is called Segedunum which means 'strong fort'. It features a reconstructed bath house, hands-on museum, excavations and remains of the fort. A modern, 18 metre high viewing tower overlooks the site.
Built in the AD 120s, Segedunum contained headquarters, a granary, barracks, workshops, stables and a hospital. In AD 410 the Romans left Britain and the area was used for farming. In the 1780s a coal mine was opened next to the fort then in the mid nineteenth century the remains of the Roman town were covered by a shipyard.