Scheduled MonumentsEnglandHadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55

Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55

England
List entry 1010982
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010982
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.42 hectares
Grid reference
NY 53262 64395
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn at Walton is a section of the Roman frontier defence system constructed in the second century AD under the emperor Hadrian. This portion of the wall, located in wall miles 54 and 55 in Cumberland, represents the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain and dates from approximately AD 122 onwards. The surviving remains in this locality preserve sections of the original stone-built wall structure, which once extended approximately 80 Roman miles across northern England from the Solway Firth to the River Tyne. The wall served as both a military installation and a controlled crossing point for trade and movement between Roman territory and the unconquered lands to the north.

Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010982. View the official record →

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What is Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55?

Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn at Walton is a section of the Roman frontier defence system constructed in the second century AD under the emperor Hadrian. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010982.

Who is responsible for protecting Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55?

Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55 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 1010982.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon (3.1 km), Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church (3.4 km), Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church (3.7 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55

Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55 stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~18.4 milesBattle of Solway Moss 1542Battle (1542) · ~9.5 milesBattle of SarkBattle (1448) · ~13.4 miles