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Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the track to Portgate Cottage and the field boundary east of milecastle 24 is a scheduled ancient monument comprising stretches of the Roman frontier barrier and its accompanying southern defensive earthwork in Northumberland. Dating to the second century AD, these structures represent the northern frontier of the Roman Empire under the emperor Hadrian, constructed around 122 AD as part of the defensive system spanning seventy-three miles across northern Britain. The wall itself, built of stone in this region, stands alongside the vallum, a substantial V-shaped ditch with flanking banks that ran parallel to the wall on its southern side. This particular stretch preserves evidence of milecastle 24, one of the garrison fortlets regularly positioned along the wall's length, and survives as an important example of Roman military engineering and frontier infrastructure within the broader context of the Hadrianic frontier system.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the track to Portgate Cottage and the field boundary east of milecastle 24 in wall miles 22 and 23 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010626. View the official record →
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the track to Portgate Cottage and the field boundary east of milecastle 24 is a scheduled ancient monument comprising stretches of the Roman frontier barrier and its accompanying southern defensive earthwork in Northumberland.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the track to Portgate Cottage and the field boundary east of milecastle 24 in wall miles 22 and 23 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 1010626.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Corbridge (Corstopitum) Roman station (4.1 km), Walker's Pottery (4.5 km), Vicar's pele tower (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the track to Portgate Cottage and the field boundary east of milecastle 24 in wall miles 22 and 23'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 track to Portgate Cottage and the field boundary east of milecastle 24 in wall miles 22 and 23 stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.