CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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From Silloth it runs 162 km to Silloth; allow about 2 h 32 of riding. It goes by way of The Roman fort and associated civil settle, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel, Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha and back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
Most people think Hadrian's Wall ended at Bowness-on-Solway, and in stone it did. But the Romans did not trust the shallow Solway Firth to keep raiders out, so they carried their defences on down the Cumbrian coast for many miles: a chain of small milefortlets and watchtowers, with proper forts at intervals, all the way to Maryport and beyond. Beckfoot is one of those forts, on a low bluff a few kilometres south of Silloth, looking straight across the water to Scotland. Above ground there is almost nothing, just a field with faint outlines, but aerial photos and excavations have shown the fort, its civilian settlement and its cemetery, and coastal erosion keeps nibbling at the remains.
Read the complete Beckfoot Roman fort write-up.
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Beckfoot Roman fort is where the day begins. Next is The Roman fort and associated civil settle.
Bowness-on-Solway is where Hadrian's Wall ends, or begins, depending on which way you are walking. This quiet village on the southern shore of the Solway Firth sits on top of the Roman fort of Maia, the second largest on the Wall, and its civilian settlement, which together make up the site on the label, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site. Almost nothing of the fort survives above ground, as much of the stone went into the houses, church and farm buildings of the village, but you can find Roman stones reused in walls if you look closely.
Read the complete The Roman fort and associated civil settle write-up.
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The Roman fort and associated civil settle comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
Carlisle was a Roman town before it was an English one. Luguvalium grew beside the Eden, and just across the river at Stanwix stood the largest fort on Hadrian's Wall, home to a cavalry regiment of a thousand men. The wall itself ran along the north side of today's city, and though houses and roads cover it, its line can be traced by plaques and fragments, and the wall and its Vallum are part of the UNESCO listing. A stretch of the ditch and the foundations of milecastles are visible beyond the suburbs.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel write-up.
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about 55 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel. Next is Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha.
The Solway Firth is shallow and wide on its Scottish side, and between Annan and Gretna the land is flat and green, with sheep and cattle, field boundaries lined with hawthorn, and long views across the water to the Lake District hills.
Read the complete Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha write-up.
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Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha, about halfway. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel sits at 101 km, about halfway. Next is back through The Roman fort and associated civil settle.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Roman fort and associated civil settle write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through The Roman fort and associated civil settle comes up about 133 km into the recorded legs. Next is Beckfoot Roman fort.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Beckfoot Roman fort write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Beckfoot Roman fort closes the day.
Beckfoot Roman fort → The Roman fort and associated civil settle is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Roman fort and associated civil settle → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel → Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel → back through The Roman fort and associated civil settle is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Roman fort and associated civil settle → Beckfoot Roman fort is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.