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Hadrian's Wall and vallum from East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall to the A69 trunk road in wall mile 12 is a designated segment of the Roman frontier fortification constructed in the 2nd century AD under the Emperor Hadrian. This section preserves elements of both the wall itself and the associated vallum, the substantial earthwork that runs to the south of the barrier and formed an integral component of the military installation's defensive and administrative infrastructure. The surviving remains within this scheduled monument stretch span approximately two miles across the Northumberland landscape, retaining sufficient archaeological integrity to demonstrate the scale and engineering of the Roman military enterprise along Britain's northern frontier. The monument represents a critical portion of the wall's eastern sector, where preservation conditions have allowed substantial portions of the turf-built wall structure and the vallum's characteristic twin banks and central ditch to remain visible and archaeologically significant.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum from East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall to the A69 trunk road in wall mile 12 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010617. View the official record →
Hadrian's Wall and vallum from East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall to the A69 trunk road in wall mile 12 is a designated segment of the Roman frontier fortification constructed in the 2nd century AD under the Emperor Hadrian.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum from East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall to the A69 trunk road in wall mile 12 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 1010617.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Defended settlement, 400m south west of South Farm, Houghton (1 km), Motte, 50m north of Holycross Church, Ryton (2.9 km), Ryton village cross 160m south east of church (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hadrian's Wall and vallum from East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall to the A69 trunk road in wall mile 12'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 from East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall to the A69 trunk road in wall mile 12 stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.