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Hadrian's Wall between Banks Green Cottage and the roads to Lanercost and Garthside is a section of the second-century Roman frontier running through Cumberland in northern England. This stretch, encompassing wall miles 52, 53 and 54, preserves substantial remains of both the Wall itself and the vallum, the parallel earthwork ditch-and-bank system that ran to the south of the Wall throughout much of its length. Constructed under the Emperor Hadrian from approximately AD 122 onwards, this segment demonstrates the characteristic Roman military engineering of the period, with the vallum serving administrative and logistical functions in controlling movement across the frontier zone. The section remains an important archaeological witness to the Roman occupation of Britain and the strategic organisation of this frontier system during the second and later centuries of the Roman period.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010997. View the official record →
Hadrian's Wall between Banks Green Cottage and the roads to Lanercost and Garthside is a section of the second-century Roman frontier running through Cumberland in northern England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010997.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1010997.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon (3.9 km), Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church (4.9 km), Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54 stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.