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Hadrian's Wall is a Roman frontier fortification constructed during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian in the second century AD, extending approximately eighty miles across northern Britain from the Solway Firth to the Tyne estuary. This section of the wall in wall miles 31 and 32, situated between Coventina's Well and Brown Dikes in Northumberland, represents the central portion of the frontier where the stone-built curtain wall reaches its finest preservation and engineering specification. The associated vallum, a substantial earthwork consisting of a ditch flanked by two parallel banks, runs broadly parallel to the wall and represents a separate phase of frontier management, serving administrative and logistical functions for the garrison. This stretch of monument preserves both the linear wall structure and the vallum system in their archaeological context, providing evidence of the military organisation and territorial control that characterised Roman Britain's northern frontier from its construction in the early second century through to the end of Roman occupation in the early fifth century.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coventina's Well and the field boundary at Brown Dikes in wall miles 31 and 32 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010962. View the official record →
Hadrian's Wall is a Roman frontier fortification constructed during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian in the second century AD, extending approximately eighty miles across northern Britain from the Solway Firth to the Tyne estuary. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010962.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coventina's Well and the field boundary at Brown Dikes in wall miles 31 and 32 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 1010962.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn, 1.1km west of Middle House (1.7 km), Prehistoric rock art west of Middle House (1.9 km), Roman camp, 290m north west of Seldom Seen (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coventina's Well and the field boundary at Brown Dikes in wall miles 31 and 32'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 the field boundary west of Coventina's Well and the field boundary at Brown Dikes in wall miles 31 and 32 stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.