CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Hexham it runs 131 km to Hexham; allow about 2 h 00 of riding. The stops in between: The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Gr, Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66 and back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Gr.
North of Hexham, where the land rises above the Tyne valley, the B6318, the military road built in the eighteenth century partly on top of Hadrian's Wall, runs straight across open country, and here, near the hamlet of St Oswald's, the remains of the wall and the vallum, the great earthwork that ran along its southern side, are clearly visible in the fields. The vallum was a broad ditch flanked by mounds, marking a military zone, and its scale still impresses. This stretch is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site.
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Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal is where the day begins. Next is The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg.
Steel Rigg is the place everyone photographs. The crag rises steeply from the road, with the Wall running along its top and dipping into a gap known as Sycamore Gap, where a single tree stood for generations in a perfect V of the hills, until it was felled one night in September 2023. The loss caused shock across the country, and the stump now sprouts new shoots. The vallum, the great ditch and mounds south of the Wall, runs beside the road at the foot of the crags, and here it is clearly visible, a long straight hollow in the field, with the mounds standing on either side.
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The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg comes up about 19 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Gr.
North-east of Brampton, the Wall climbs out of the Irthing valley and runs along a ridge past the hamlet of Banks, and here you can see something many visitors miss: not only the Wall itself, but the vallum, the great earthwork ditch with banks on either side that the Romans dug just south of it. The vallum marked a military zone, a controlled strip where civilians could not wander freely, and seeing its long straight line beside the stone curtain makes the frontier feel less like a wall and more like a whole system of control.
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about 44 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Gr. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66.
The western end of Hadrian's Wall runs right through Carlisle, and the stretch counted as wall mile 66 lies on the edge of the city, close to where the wall crossed the River Eden. The Roman town of Luguvalium grew up here, and the fort at Stanwix, across the river, housed a cavalry regiment and was the largest on the wall. Very little of the stone wall survives in the city, much of it having been robbed for buildings, but the line of the wall and vallum can be traced in places, and the Tullie House museum tells the story of Roman Carlisle with excellent displays.
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Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, about halfway. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Gr.
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back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Gr sits at 100 km, about halfway. Next is back through The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg.
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back through The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg comes up about 111 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal.
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Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal closes the day.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal → The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Gr is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Gr → Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66 is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66 → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Gr is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Gr → back through The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.