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Surroundings:

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Location:

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Thorngrafton
  • geo:55.012268,-2.341329
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 122 / 400

Class:

  • Building (other)
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Hadrians Wall, Vallum  Aelium,  Vallum Hadriani

Segments  IX - X

Vercovicivm to  Aesica
Housesteads to Great Chesters
Mile Castles: 37 - 42

Built:  122-128
Segment Length: 5.8 miles, 9.3 km

Mile Castles and turrets whose location and size can be documented are shown in outline form.

See:  http://www.northofthetyne.co.uk/HWC9.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall
http://structuralarchaeology.blogspot.com/2010/11/40-reverse-engineering-vallum.html
 


Relevant museums

Housesteads Museum

Housesteads Roman Fort Museum

Chesters Roman Fort Museum

Chesters Roman Fort Museum

Great North Museum: Hancock

Great North Museum: Hancock


Nearby

Turret 37A (Rapishaw Gap)

A turret situated on Hadrian's Wall.

Milecastle 37 (Housesteads)

One of the milecastles along Hadrian's Wall, approximately 400 meters to the west of Housesteads Roman fort (Vercovicium)

Hadrian’s Wall, Vallum or Fosse - Segments IX - X

Trench and earthworks on the south of Hadrian's Wall.


This object was added by Randal Gilbert on 2016-06-05. Last update by René Voorburg on 2018-07-04. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/27462 . Download as RDF/XML, GeoJSON, KML.
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Line tracing by Randal Gilbert.

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