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The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg car park and the road in Caw Gap is a section of the defensive earthwork that formed an integral part of Hadrian's Wall system in the second century AD. This segment of the vallum, running through wall miles 39, 40 and 41 on the Northumberland frontier, comprises a substantial ditch with flanking mounds that originally extended southward from the main Wall line itself. The feature represents Roman military engineering of the Antonine period and served as a boundary and control mechanism for movement across the landscape behind the principal fortification. The surviving earthwork remains visible in the upland terrain of the Northumberland National Park, preserving evidence of the extensive infrastructure that supported Rome's northern frontier in Britain.
The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg car park and the road in Caw Gap in wall miles 39, 40 and 41 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010974. View the official record →
The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg car park and the road in Caw Gap is a section of the defensive earthwork that formed an integral part of Hadrian's Wall system in the second century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010974.
The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg car park and the road in Caw Gap in wall miles 39, 40 and 41 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 1010974.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bean Burn 2 Roman temporary camp (1.5 km), Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp (1.6 km), Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp, fortlet and section of the Stanegate (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg car park and the road in Caw Gap in wall miles 39, 40 and 41'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 Steel Rigg car park and the road in Caw Gap in wall miles 39, 40 and 41 stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.