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Bowness on Solway |
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End of original wall. Nothing to see now. |
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Carlisle |
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Remains of forts and roman
town found. |
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Hare Hill |
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A short length
of rebuilt Wall, still standing 2.7metres (8.8feet) high
from 19th century rebuild. |
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Banks East
Turret |
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Banks Turrets 51B and
52A, well-preserved turrets with adjoining stretches of Hadrian’s Wall. this
section of the wall was built with turf plus stone
turrets and mile castles. Later the walls
were rebuilt in stone. |
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Pike Hill
Signal Tower
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Predates
the wall.
The remains of one of a network of signal towers predating Hadrian’s Wall,
Pike Hill was later joined to the Wall at an angle of 45 degrees.
Located between the two turrets above. |
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Turrets west
of Birdoswald. Piper Sike has a cooking-hearth. |
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Appletree Turf Wall |
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A section of turf wall runs from Appletree
towards Birdoswald. It runs along the edge of the vallum south of the main
wall. Joining the main wall at milecastle 49 and running south of the fort
before rejoining the main wall at milecastle 49. See Birdoswold for
explanation. |
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Birdoswald
Roman Fort
Birdoswald Roman Fort
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Roman Fort and
Visitor Centre. The Fort is one of the most impressive locations for a Roman
Fort on Hadrian's Wall. Set on a high spur overlooking the River Irthing the
views are spectacular and it becomes very clear why the Romans built a fort
on the site.
The
best preserved defences of any of the 16 major forts. |
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A long section of the Wall, rebuilt in
stone later in Hadrian’s reign. It is linked to Birdoswald Roman Fort. Known
as milecastle 49. |
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Willowford Wall,
Turrets and Bridge Abutment
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914 metre
(2,999 feet) stretch of Wall, including two turrets and impressive bridge
remains beside the River Irthing, one of three foundation sets on this site
for bridge. |
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Poltross Burn
Milecastle
Milecastle 48
Also known as Kings
stables mile castle |
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Milecastle
48. One of the best
preserved milecastles on Hadrian’s
Wall, Poltross includes an oven, a stair to the rampart walk, and the
remains of its north gateway. |
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Roman Army
Museum
and Carvoran Roman Fort |
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Same operators
as Vindolanda below. |
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Walltown Quarry |
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Stop off point, parking, picnic site, refreshments,
toilets incl.
disabled, access to National Trail, hard rock trail (about 45 minutes) |
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Walltown Crags |
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Photo Point -
One of the best places of all to see the Wall, dramatically snaking and
diving along the crags of the Whin Sill. |
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Cawfields Quarry
Car
Park
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Stop off point
- Car Parking Max: 40 bays.
Toilets (including disabled). |
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Cawfields
Roman Wall and Milecastle 42
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Photo Point. A
stretch of Hadrian’s Wall on a steep slope, with turrets and an impressive
milecastle, probably built by the Second Legion. Accessible from
Cawfields Quarry car park
above. |
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Once Brewed
Visitor Centre |
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Once Brewed is
situated close to Hadrian's Wall and is the main Visitor Centre for
exploring the National Park and World Heritage Site. The Pennine Way also
crosses near here. Everything from tourism to exhibitions to parking is
here. |
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Photo Point.
The highest point on the Wall, in rugged country with spectacular views when
it's a clear day. |
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Steel Rigg Car
Park |
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Car park next to Winshields Wall |
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Steel Rigg
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One of the best photo
points on the wall. |
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Sycamore
Gap and Castle Nick
Milecastle 39 |
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Milecastle 39. Built in a natural nick in the
hillside |
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Roman
Vindolanda
(Chesterholm)
Roman Vindolanda
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Photo Point. Vindolanda is a large Roman fort and settlement lying just to the south of
Hadrian's Wall. Recent excavations have uncovered numerous buildings and
some of the most unusual and well preserved artefacts from the Roman world.
In the site museum, you can see Roman boots, shoes, armour, jewellery
and coins.
There is also a
full size replica of a section of Hadrian's Wall built in both stone and timber,
giving the visitor a true idea of the might of the monument. There are
ongoing archaeological excavations at the site. |
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Milecastle 38 |
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Milecastle 38 had a
Stone containing names of the Emperor Hadrian and Aulus Platorius
Nepos, the governor of Britannia at the time the Wall was built. The aerial
photo does not show much remaining. |
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Milecastle 37
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Has a nearly complete arch
allowing height to be calculated. |
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Housesteads
Roman Fort
and Museum
Housesteads Roman Fort
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Photo Point.
The
best preserved Roman fort in Britain.
One of the 12
forts added to the Wall in about AD124, it was designed to contain a
garrison of 800 soldiers. Large sections of wall in each direction, with
good views. From the car park it is a long uphill walk to the fort. |
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Sewingshields
Wall
Milecastle 35 |
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A length of
Wall with milecastle remains, impressively sited along the Whin Sill,
commanding fine views of many prehistoric and later earthworks to the north.
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Coesike Turret |
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Turret 33B. Good views and vallum. |
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Temple of
Mithras
Brocolitia
Roman Fort
Coventina's
Well |
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The Temple of
Mithras is a 3rd century temple built to worship the roman god Mithras.
Later largely destroyed by Christians.
Brocolitia Roman Fort and Coventina's Well are at the same location. |
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A 460-metre
(1,509 feet) length of Hadrian’s Wall including one turret. |
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Chesters Roman
Fort
Chesters Roman Fort
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Photo Point.
The best
preserved remains of a cavalry fort in Britain.
Built to guard a bridge. Well-preserved commandant’s house. Discover the
complex of rooms in the bath house which offered customers hot, cold or
steam baths. The
site museum displays a wide collection of Roman finds retrieved by the
local antiquarian John Clayton. These include important early archaeological
discoveries relating to the central section of the Wall. |
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Chesters Bridge Abutment
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The remains of
the bridge which carried Hadrian’s Wall across the North Tyne are visible on
both banks, but most impressively on the eastern side. |
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Chesters Roman
fort
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Brunton Turret and
Wall
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Wall section
and a 2.5 metre (8.2 feet) high turret, built by men of the Twentieth
Legion. |
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Planetrees
Roman Wall |
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A 15-metre (49
feet) length of later
narrow Wall on earlier broad foundations. This is a junction between the two
main
wall
types. |
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Corbridge
Roman Town
Corbridge
Roman Site & Museum [Corstopitum]
Corbridge Roman Town
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Photo Point.
The fort dates from AD139, when the
Emperor Antoninus Pius advanced the Roman frontier into
Scotland. On a principal route northwards, it
became a busy garrison town.
The remains include a fountain
house with an aqueduct, a pair of granaries and walled compounds for the
military, containing barracks, temples, houses and a headquarters building
with a below-ground strongroom. The museum displays a rich selection
of Roman finds. |
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Heddon-on-the-Wall
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A consolidated stretch
of Wall, up to 2 metres (6.5 feet) thick in places. |
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Chapel House Milecastle
Milecastle 9 |
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Milecastle 9, part is
visible as low platform, remainder is under road. |
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The foundations of a
turret and a 65metre (213 feet) length of Wall. |
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The
remains of a small temple to the native god 'Antenociticus', in the 'vicus'
(civilian settlement) which stood outside Benwell fort. A
stone-built causeway, where the road from the south crossed the Vallum
earthwork on its way to Benwell fort.
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Pons Aelius Fort Remains |
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Thought to have been the original intended end of the wall, later extended
to Wallasend. I don't think anything can be seen now. |
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Great North Museum
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It is the principal
museum of archaeology in north east
England. Its visitors are
those who wish to know more about the history of the region, especially
Hadrian's Wall and the Roman frontier. It has a renowned collection of
artefacts, models and archives relating to the Wall, and a full-scale
reconstruction of the Temple to Mithras at Carrawburgh. Other displays
illustrate the variety of life in the region from early prehistory to the
17th century. Interactive
model of Hadrian's Wall.
Located on Newcastle University's campus. |
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Segedunum Roman Fort,
Baths and Museum
Wallsend
Segedunum Roman Fort
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Segedunum
Roman Fort stood on the banks of the River Tyne, the last outpost of
Hadrian's Wall. For almost 300 years
Segedunum, which means 'strong fort', was home to 600 Roman soldiers.
It is the most excavated Fort along the Wall and has a large interactive
museum, plus a 35 metre high viewing tower providing aerial views across this
site. |
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Arbeia Roman
Fort
South Shields, Durham
Arbeia Roman Fort
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Four miles
east of the end of Hadrian's Wall at
South Shields, Arbeia Roman Fort guarded the entrance to the River Tyne.
Built around AD160 the stone fort played an essential role in the frontier system. Originally
built to house a garrison, Arbeia soon became the military supply base for
the forts along the Wall. Today, the excavated remains, reconstructions of original buildings
and finds discovered at the Fort combine to give an insight into life in
Roman Britain. |
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