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Hadrian's Wall vallum is a substantial earthwork that forms part of the defensive system constructed during the Roman occupation of Britain in the second century AD. This section, located in wall miles 76 and 77 near Glasson in Cumberland, comprises a flat-bottomed ditch flanked by two substantial banks, a characteristic feature of the vallum that ran the entire length of the Wall to regulate movement and control access to the military zone to its north. The earthwork between the watercourse southeast of Glasson and the access road to Glendale caravan park remains a significant archaeological monument, preserving evidence of Roman military engineering and territorial demarcation across the Pennine landscape. This stretch represents part of the Wall's middle section and contributes to the broader understanding of Hadrian's Wall as one of the most important Roman frontier installations in the empire.
Hadrian's Wall vallum between the watercourse 400m south east of Glasson and the access road to Glendale caravan park in wall miles 76 and 77 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014700. View the official record →
Hadrian's Wall vallum is a substantial earthwork that forms 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 1014700.
Hadrian's Wall vallum between the watercourse 400m south east of Glasson and the access road to Glendale caravan park in wall miles 76 and 77 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 1014700.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall between Burgh Marsh and Westfield House in wall miles 76 and 77 (0.6 km), Hadrian's Wall between Apple Garth, Westfield, and the dismantled railway in wall mile 77 (0.7 km), Hadrian's Wall between the dismantled railway and the access road to Glendale caravan park in wall mile 77 (0.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hadrian's Wall vallum between the watercourse 400m south east of Glasson and the access road to Glendale caravan park in wall miles 76 and 77'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 watercourse 400m south east of Glasson and the access road to Glendale caravan park in wall miles 76 and 77 stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.