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Right today we are taking in two #hadriansWall’s and a place of pilgrimage, just a days walk today so don’t the cancel the milk delivery #virtualwalk
Leaving the car park we walk past one of the longest continuous sections of #HadriansWall at #Birdoswald we have time to walk along and inspect it under the gaze of the locals
It’s well worth a look around the fort at #Birdoswald with the later farmhouse built within its walls, the granaries are well preserved and a timber building was constructed over them at the end of roman rule #virtualwalk #HadriansWall
The Romans knew the fort as Banna and left this altar to the god Silvanus from the “hunters of Banna” found within the fort. https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/1905">https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscripti...
Faint roman inscriptions are reused in the walls of the farmhouse such as this one from the first cohort of Dacians #Birdoswald #RIB1918
One of my favourite parts of the fort is the masonry outside the west gate of #Birdoswald, it is of exceptional quality and has been reused from possibly a high status monument which stood nearby maybe after a battle? #HadriansWall
If everyone has had a look round we’ll hit the trail heading west out of the fort #VirtualWalk #HadriansWall
When #HadriansWall was first constructed it was built of turf west of here and the remains of the north ditch is just visible right of the tree mirrored by the wall, our way lies through the lower field #virtualwalk
At some point perhaps late in Emperor Hadrian’s reign #HadriansWall was built in stone and its line moved northwards, we can stop to admire turret 48b #Archaeology #RomanBritain
Slightly further west we find another carved good luck symbol, this mile of #HadriansWall is well served with these carvings perhaps this area held some fear for the troops. #VirtualWalk
We carry on heading west through the fields and the now buried milecastle 50 from the turf wall, at High House the earthworks of the turf wall and Vallum run shoulder to shoulder, the ridge allows little room for them to separate #HadriansWall #virtualwalk
Shadows allow us to see the north ditch of the Turf wall and the earthworks of the Vallum behind as we head towards Appletree #HadriansWall #virtualwalk
Looking back at our route standing on the north bank of the Vallum at Appletree #HadriansWall #virtualwalk
The Vallum and turf wall are cut through by the aptly named Wall burn, at this point we briefly turn north to pick up the path again #HadriansWall #virtualwalk
A lovely little footbridge takes us north the then west again to Combcrag woods
At Comcrag woods during the season there is an honesty box for a path side shop for #HadriansWall walkers but not today, the Romans quarried stone here and left inscriptions but a visit can be dangerous and steep.
Our route now heads north but it would be a pity to not visit turret 51a, the north Wall projects out from #HadriansWall because it was built for the turf wall and it is possibly set back to allow the upper floor door to line up with the wall walk
