Location : Gilsland / Brampton / Walton / Carlisle / Burgh by Sands / Port Carlisle / Bowness-on-Solway
Hadrian's Wall is the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain. It stretches seventy-three miles from Wallsend near Newcastle, across the neck of England to Bowness-on-Solway in North West Cumbria, and stands today as a reminder of the past glories of one of the world's greatest empires.
Place to see remains of the wall and its structures within Cumbria are :
- Gilsland - Milecastle 48
- Birdoswald Fort
- Willowford Bridge
- Banks Turrets 51B and 52A
- Pike Hill Signal Tower
The rest of the Wall is in Northumbria. Nothing East of Banks Turret exists today. The system of milecastles and turrets continued down the Cumbrian coast for another 26 miles to Maryport, though no wall was built here. There are excellent remains of a mileforlet at Crosscanonby, just north of maryport.
- Hadrian's Wall - introduction
- Some aerial pictures of Hadrian's Wall - by Simon Ledingham
- Walking the Hadrian's Wall Path - with Peter & Jeanne Donaghy, and John & Gillian Laidler
- Illuminating Hadrian's Wall - 13 March 2010
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Related Links :
- Walking the Hadrian's Wall Path - with Suzanne Worthington and the BBC Radio Cumbria team
- Hadrian's Cycleway - a Coast to Coast "The Roman Way" cycle route
- Wikipedia - Hadrian's wall
- Open Directory - Hadrian's Wall Path
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