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Discoveries made by hundreds of volunteers in a community archaeology project along the line of Hadrian’s Wall are to be put on public display .

The WallQuest programme is led by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums with backing from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

It set out in 2012 to find out more about the easternmost 30 miles of the Wall between South Shields, Newcastle, Hexham and Corbridge.

Now there will be a permanent record of its findings in the areas where work has been undertaken.

A £10,000 grant from regional employer The Banks Group, via its Banks Community Fund, will pay for 17 interpretative boards will be placed at various project locations.

The venture, which attracted more than 450 volunteers, was designed to raise awareness of and interest in the history on the doorsteps of people living in areas from the coast as far west as the village of Acomb near Hexham.

Diggers unearthed the remains of the bath house which served Segedunum fort in Wallsend and more than 50 volunteers were also involved in excavations in Benwell in Newcastle around the site of Condercum Roman fort.

The boards, which are designed to be as weather and vandal-proof as possible, are being put in place as soon as local research has been completed, and are being shaped to fit in with their surroundings in the most appropriate way.

Nick Hodgson, WallQuest project manager, said: “If people are asked which parts of Hadrian’s Wall comes to mind first, the likes of Housesteads Fort and Sycamore Gap are almost certain to be at the top of the list, but there’s far more to the Wall than just these locations.

“While it is often invisible in the more urban areas towards its eastern end, many local people are still proud of it and fascinated by the Wall.

“The project was designed to give local people and groups the chance to get involved in research and excavation in various different places along the Wall, and it’s very gratifying that many did just that, often with very interesting and exciting results.

“We’re now looking at the best ways of disseminating information about what we’ve found to both the archaeological community and the wider public, and the interpretative boards will provide a clear record of what happened at the site and what we learned from the work that local people did alongside our expert team.

“Having them in place will be a key part of ensuring that the enthusiasm and awareness that has been generated towards this project has a lasting impact on these communities, and we’re very grateful to the Banks Group for helping us add an extra, long-term dimension to this very successful project.”

Mark Dowdall, environment and community director at The Banks Group, said: “WallQuest has generated huge interest and enthusiasm in many of the communities that form the less well-known parts of the Hadrian’s Wall, many of which are also areas in which we have ongoing projects or have worked in the past.

“We’re very pleased to be supporting such an interesting and invaluable community-based initiative, and hope it provides inspiration for even more people to find out more about their areas’ history and heritage.”