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Hadrian's Wall is a Roman frontier fortification constructed in the 2nd century AD under the Emperor Hadrian, extending across northern Britain from the Solway Firth to the Tyne estuary. The section between the access road to Glendale caravan park and the track south of Kirkland House in wall miles 77 and 78 near Gilsland in Cumberland preserves remains of the stone wall structure together with the vallum, a substantial linear earthwork comprising a ditch flanked by two parallel mounds that ran on the southern side of the wall as part of the frontier's defensive system. This stretch represents typical characteristics of the wall's construction in the central sector, where the barrier was built of coursed stone to a considerable height and depth. The monument survives as upstanding remains and buried deposits that retain significant archaeological potential for understanding the wall's engineering, use, and the broader Roman military occupation of Britain during the 2nd to 5th centuries AD.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the access road to Glendale caravan park and the track south of Kirkland House in wall miles 77 and 78 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014701. View the official record →
Hadrian's Wall is a Roman frontier fortification constructed in the 2nd century AD under the Emperor Hadrian, extending across northern Britain from the Solway Firth to the Tyne estuary. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014701.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the access road to Glendale caravan park and the track south of Kirkland House in wall miles 77 and 78 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 1014701.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hadrian's Wall between the dismantled railway and the access road to Glendale caravan park in wall mile 77 (0.3 km), Hadrian's Wall between Apple Garth, Westfield, and the dismantled railway in wall mile 77 (0.4 km), Hadrian's Wall north of Kirkland House, Port Carlisle in wall mile 78 (0.4 km).
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