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The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60 is a Roman earthwork forming part of the defensive system associated with Hadrian's Wall. Located in Cumberland, this section of the vallum consists of a substantial ditch with accompanying banks, running parallel to the Wall itself as part of the frontier infrastructure. The vallum dates to the second century AD and served as a boundary marker and military demarcation line across the Northumbrian landscape. This particular stretch, preserved in wall miles 59 and 60, remains an important archaeological record of Roman military engineering on the northern frontier of Britain.
The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010990. View the official record →
The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60 is a Roman earthwork forming part of the defensive system associated with Hadrian's Wall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010990.
The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60 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 1010990.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Watchclose Roman temporary camp (1.2 km), Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps (1.5 km), The Stangate at Crosby Lodge (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60'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 the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60 stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.