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The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West is a Romano-British defensive earthwork forming part of the Hadrian's Wall system in Northumberland. Constructed during the second century AD, this section of the vallum runs across wall miles 43, 44 and 45 and represents the southern ditch and bank system that accompanied the main wall line. The feature comprises a substantial ditch with flanking mounds, characteristic of the vallum's military engineering, and survives as an upstanding earthwork across this segment of the landscape. This stretch of the vallum demonstrates the substantial investment in linear fortification infrastructure that the Roman military deployed to secure the northern frontier of Roman Britain.
The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West in wall miles 43, 44 and 45 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010978. View the official record →
The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West is a Romano-British defensive earthwork forming part of the Hadrian's Wall system in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010978.
The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West in wall miles 43, 44 and 45 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 1010978.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fell End Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road (0.8 km), The section of Stanegate Roman road from Fell End Roman temporary camp to the track to Old Shield, and the Roman cemetery adjacent to Carvoran Roman fort (1.2 km), Sunny Rigg 1 Roman temporary camp (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West in wall miles 43, 44 and 45'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.
The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West in wall miles 43, 44 and 45 stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.