CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 119 km round trip from Greenhead - roughly 1 h 35 in the saddle. On the way it passes Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra, Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 and back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra.
West of Haltwhistle, the land rises gently to the watershed between the Tyne and the Irthing, a broad, windy saddle of rough pasture known as the Tyne Gap, where rivers flow east to the North Sea and west to the Irish Sea. Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp is one of several marching camps here, where Roman soldiers on the move dug a rectangular ditch and rampart for a night or a season, the earthworks now barely visible as low ridges in the grass. It is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site.
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Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp is where the day begins. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
Here the Wall is at its most dramatic. In the central sector of Hadrian's Wall, north of Haydon Bridge and Hexham in Northumberland, the Roman frontier runs along the top of the Whin Sill, a long ridge of hard volcanic rock that breaks the moorland into a series of north-facing cliffs. The Romans built their wall right along the crest, using the natural defences, and the result is a line of stone that rises and falls with the crags like the spine of a great animal. Behind it, to the south, runs the vallum, a broad earthwork ditch with mounds on either side that marked the military zone, still clearly visible across the fields.
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Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel comes up about 19 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra.
Just east of the point where the A68 crosses the line of Hadrian's Wall, at Portgate, the Romans had a gateway through the frontier for Dere Street, the great road running north from York into Scotland. Today the A68 follows much the same course, and the wall and its vallum run east and west across the fields here, sometimes visible as a bank or a ditch, sometimes buried under the Military Road. A little to the east, the fort of Halton Chesters, known to the Romans as Onnum, lies under the fields, and like the rest of the frontier, this stretch is part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire.
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about 38 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7.
It takes a little imagination to find the Roman frontier in Benwell, a suburb on the western hill of Newcastle, but it is there, tucked between semi-detached houses and bus stops. Wall mile 7 counts the distance from the Wall's eastern end at Wallsend, and in this part of the city the Romans built a fort called Condercum on the high ground above the Tyne, with fine views up and down the river. Most of it now lies under roads and housing, yet two small survivals make the detour worthwhile.
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Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7, about halfway. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra.
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back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra sits at 101 km, 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.
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back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel comes up about 99 km into the recorded legs. Next is Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp closes the day.
Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra → Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel → Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.