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Hadrian's Wall vallum is a linear earthwork forming part of the defensive system constructed during the Roman occupation of Britain in the second century AD. Between wall miles 78 and 79 near Kirkland House and Bowness-on-Solway in Cumberland, the vallum survives as a substantial ditch with parallel banks, a characteristic feature of the wall's south-facing perimeter. The earthwork dates to the reign of Emperor Hadrian, approximately AD 122 onwards, and represents the deliberate closure of the frontier zone immediately south of the stone and turf wall itself. This section of the vallum demonstrates the Roman military engineering approach to territorial demarcation and control along the northwestern frontier of Roman Britain, extending from the North Sea to the Solway Firth.
Hadrian's Wall vallum between the track south of Kirkland House and Bowness-on-Solway in wall miles 78 and 79 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016021. View the official record →
Hadrian's Wall vallum is a linear earthwork forming part of the defensive system constructed during the Roman occupation of Britain in the second century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016021.
Hadrian's Wall vallum between the track south of Kirkland House and Bowness-on-Solway in wall miles 78 and 79 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 1016021.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hadrian's Wall north of Kirkland House, Port Carlisle in wall mile 78 (0.7 km), 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 (1.1 km), Hadrian's Wall between the dismantled railway and the access road to Glendale caravan park in wall mile 77 (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hadrian's Wall vallum between the track south of Kirkland House and Bowness-on-Solway in wall miles 78 and 79'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 vallum between the track south of Kirkland House and Bowness-on-Solway in wall miles 78 and 79 stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.