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Hadrian's Wall - Guide

Vallum Hadriani - Itinerarium

The Notitia Dignitatum lists the garrisons on the wall from east to west, which seems also to be the case in the majority of modern works; RBO will not break with this tradition.

All places on this page are depicted on the Ordnance Survey Historical Map and Guide to Hadrian's Wall (Crown copyright 1986). The sites between the two horizontal bars in the following list are shown on the Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure map #43 Hadrian's Wall Haltwhistle & Hexham (Crown copyright 1997; revised 1998).

Tyne & Wear

ARBEIA

South Shields

Fort & Settlement; substantial Roman remains; site museum; full-size reconstruction of W gate.

SEGEDVNVM

Wallsend

Fort, Settlement & Temples; Heritage Centre on site; outline of fort marked-out.

PONS AELIVS

Newcastle

Fort & Bridge; nothing remains to be seen; Museum of Antiquities - University of Newcastle lies 1 mile N of site.

The Mill Inn, Newcastle -rating 3/10
Beer: Cameron's, Hanson's, dray loads of Newcastle Brown Ale. Food: No. Accommodation: No. Comments: On top of the hill about 1km east of Benwell. Kids welcome. Great atmosphere, though a trifle dangerous; when we were there five strapping Geordie policemen burst in and promptly arrested a chap who was playing pool in the bar. I was advised to move on quickly.
If you like life on the edge: The Mill Inn, 413 Westgate Road, Newcastle. The police station is only a couple of hundred yards further up the road.

CONDERCVM

Benwell

Fort, Settlement, Temple & Bath House; temple of Antenociticus and vallum causeway visible.

Denton Burn

First visible remains of the Wall.

Denton Hall

Visible remains of Turret 7b and a 100m stretch of Wall.

West Denton

Further 100m stretch of Wall beside A69(T).

The Original Masons, Walbottle -rating 8/10
Beer: Newcastle LPA & Exhibition, McEwans. Guest beer when visited was 'Farne Island', OK. Food: Very good restaurant menu, with ample portions, though a bit expensive. Accommodation: No. Comments: Kids welcome. A nice old pub with roomy, period interior, situated at the western end of Walbottle village overlooking the B6528 from the north.
The Original Masons, Hexham Road, Walbottle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 8JR Telephone: 0191 267 5563

Walbottle

The site of Milecastle 10, opposite Walbottle College,
in August, hidden beneath a healthy crop of wheat.

Northumberland

Heddon on the Wall

200m stretch of broad wall and Vallum.

VINDOBALA

Rudchester

Fort, Settlement & Temple; fort outline traceable; no visible remains.

Robin Hood Inn, East Wallhouses -rating 9/10

Beer: Calder's, Pedigree, Tetley, Speckled Hen. Food: Bar meals served 12:00 - 14:30 and 19:30 - 21:00 weekdays, 12:00 - 10:30 Saturdays. Very good bar menu, reasonably priced; their hot sandwich baps seem very popular with the local customers. Accommodation: No. But there is a B&B directly next door. Comments: Kids welcome. A lovely old pub on the north side of the B6318, between the site of Turret 17b and Mile Castle 18, which is visible as a slight plateau in the fields past the pub on the south side of the road, which itself conceals the course of the Wall.
The Robin Hood Inn, Military Road, East Wallhouses, Northumberland, NE18 0LL Telephone: 01434 672 273
A superb pub with good food, friendly staff and a lovely atmosphere - Highly Recommended!

Wallhouses

Several gaps in the vallum are readily
apparent in fields south of the B6318.

Halton Shields

For a couple of miles past the Robin Hood the ditch to the north of the Wall is hidden in trees and undergrowth, but here the ditch is clearly discernable at the crossing of a farmhouse wall (viewed looking back east).

Carr Hill

Walking along the southern mound of the vallum at Carr Hill, westwards towards Down Hill.

Down Hill

The view east towards Carr Hill and the marked change of alignment of the vallum, which then skirts around the southern side of Down Hill.

Halton Red House

View from Down Hill overlooking the site of Mile Castle 21 from the east. There is a small quarry here, in the side of the hill on its western flank, close to the line of the Wall.

ONNVM

Halton Chesters

Fort & Settlement; no visible remains.

Port Gate

Milecastle 22; start of 3 mile stretch of Vallum and ditch

Errington Arms, Stagshaw -rating 7/10

Beer: Tetley, Theakstone's, McEwan's & John Smith's.
Food: Good bar menu. Served 11:00 - 3:30 and 5:30 - 8:30, 6 days/week.
Accommodation: No.
Comments: Kids welcome. An old pub next to the Stagshaw roundabout just west of the Portgate, close to the site of Milecastle 22. There is an excellent aerial photograph of the inn looking west along the line of Hadrian's Wall, on display in the restaurant. Pub relies on passing trade.

Errington Arms, Port Gate, Dere Street, Stagshaw, Northumberland.
Telephone: unknown

CORSTOPITVM

Corbridge

Fort, Town, Temple, Mausoleum, Bridge & Marching Camp; Site Museum; 2¼ miles South of MC.22 at junction of Dere Street and the Stanegate. - unvisited

Unknown Pub, Stagshaw Bank, Dere Street; between MC.22 and Corbridge; site of ancient cattle fair. - unvisited

Whittington Fell

Milecastle 23

Wall Fell

Milecastle 24

St. Oswald's Hill

View from the site of turret 25a at St. Oswalds Hill, back eastwards along the ditch on the north side of the B6318.

Battle of Heavenfield - AD635
Two hundred yards north of the Wall between the sites of turrets 25a and 25b, a battle was fought in AD635 between the Christian king Oswald of Northumbria and the pagan king Cadwallon of Wales.

Planetrees

Wall; short section of narrow wall on broad base between sites of MC.26 and T.26a

Brunton

Turret 26b; Milecastle 27; River North Tyne Roman bridge abutment, opposite Chesters

Brunton Water Mill - Guest House
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Bed: Excellent! Full en-suite. TV remote. Coffee/Tea-making facilities. Brekko: Various cereals, orange juice, full English breakfast, toast, tea/coffee. Ace! Comments: My son Daniel and I stayed here during our August 2000 walk along the Wall, and I could not fault the place. Our bedroom faced south over the fields towards the Cilurnum bridge, which was unfortunately flooded out at the time. The photograph below was taken from the road just outside their driveway, which is only three hundred yards from the Brunton turret (26b).
An Ace Place! Get yerself down there!
Brunton Water Mill, Chollerford, Nr. Hexham, Northumberland NE46 4EL Telephone: 01434 681 002

Brunton

View south from Brunton Mill across the fields towards the site of Milecastle 27, and the Roman bridge over the North Tyne behind the trees on the right.

George Hotel, Chollerford Crossroads -rating 6/10
Beer: Boddingtons - served chilled. Food: Table D'Hote Menu (Ł25), A La Carte menu (Ł12ish) and around Ł7 for a sarnie. The 70 space car-park is free, however. Accommodation: You bet! Around Ł160/night. Comments: In an outstanding location on the west bank of the River North Tyne about ½mile north of Milecastle 27, from the outside this place looks bloody marvellous.
If you got a ~~head~~ wallet so fat you need a 4x4 to drive over it, this is just the place for you to go and flash some dosh around.
Swallow George Hotel, Chollerford, Northumberland, NE46 4EW Telephone: 01434 681 611

Hadrian Hotel, Wall Village; 1 mile S of MC.27 - unvisited

CILVRNVM

Chesters

Fort, Settlement, Bath House, Bridge & Water Mill; Site Museum; many visible remains.

Tower Tye

Milecastle 29; marching camp to SW; settlement.

Black Carts

Turret 29a; broad wall and ditch.

Limestone Corner

Milecastle 30; marching camp to S; most northerly point of wall.

BROCOLITIA

Carrawburgh

Fort, Settlement & Temples; Coventina's Shrine; Temple of Mithras; fort outline visible but no internal buildings.

Brown Moor

Milecastle 32; marching camp ½mile SE

Shield on the Wall

Milecastle 33

Fozy Moss

site of MC.34; 2 marching camps ¼mile S

Sewingshields

Milecastle 35

Sewingshields Crags

Turret 35a

Kings Hill

Milecastle 36

VERCOVICIVM

Housesteads

Fort, Settlement, Temples & Quarries; best preserved site on the wall with many remains visible, both of the fort and its vicus.

Housesteads Crags

Milecastle 37

VINDOLANDA

Chesterholm

Fort, Settlement & Bathhouse; Site Museum; full-size resconstruction of a wall section and a turret; 1 mile S of the Wall on the Stanegate.

Steel Rigg

Milecastle 39

Peel

extra Turret 39ab between normally spaced turrets

Seatsides

marching camps, 1 mile S of T.39ab

Unknown Pub, Once Brewed; halfway between camps at Seatsides and T.39ab

Windshields Crags

Milecastle 40

Winshields Campsite; less than ½mile S of MC.40

Melkridge

Milecastle 41

Caw Gap

Turret 41a

Thorny Doors

Turret 41b

Hole Gap

Milecastle 42; fort and marching camps to S

Unknown Pub

AESICA

Great Chesters

Fort, Settlement, Bath-house, Aqueduct & Cemetaries; remains of the fort, settlement and bath-house are visible.

Walltown

Turret 44b; marching camp 1 mile S on Haltwhistle Common

Walltown Crags

Milecastle 45

Walltown Wood

Turret 45a

MAGNIS

Carvoran

Fort & Settlement; Roman Army Museum; little of the fort survives though some remains are visible.

Unknown Pub, Greenhead

Greenhead Bank Campsite

Unknown Pub, Gilsland Crooks

Gilsland

Milecastle 48

Willowford Plantation

Turret 48a; marching camp ¼mile SW

Willowford

Turret 48b; site of Roman bridge over River Irthing, ¼mile W

Cumbria


	Underheugh	Milecastle 49
BANNA?	Birdoswald	Fort & Settlement; Visitor Centre; many remains visible. [Not in Notitia Dignitatum]
	Midgeholme Moss	Turret 49b
	Tommy's Crag	Turret 51a
	Leahill	Turret 51b
	Pike Hill	Turret 52a; Roman signal tower
CAMBOGLANNA?	Castlesteads	Fort, Settlement & Temple; many remains visible.
VXELODVNVM	Stanwix	Fort, Settlement & Bridge; mediaeval church in SW corner; few visible remains.
LVGVVALIVM	Carlisle	Fort & Town; few Roman remains to be seen; the Tullie House Museum in Carlisle contains many finds from the western half of the wall. [NiND]
ABALLAVA	Burgh by Sands	Fort & Settlement; no remains visible; local church contains stones taken from wall.
CONCAVATA	Drumburgh	Fort; no visible remains; nearby Drumburgh House made with wall stones.
MAIA	Bowness on Solway	Fort & Settlement; no visible remains. [NiND]