Why this ride
64 km from Brampton to Brampton, about 1 h 03 of riding. It goes by way of Crooks Roman temporary camp, Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp and back through Crooks Roman temporary camp.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and and Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 64 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 03
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and
Brampton is a small market town at the foot of the North Pennines, and just north of it, the line of Hadrian's Wall crosses the low country between the Irthing and the Eden. On this stretch, the stone wall itself has mostly vanished, robbed for building material over the centuries, but the line can still be traced in places through fields and hedgerows, along with the vallum, the great earthwork ditch the Romans dug just south of the wall. Parts of the wall in this sector were first built of turf, and only later rebuilt in stone, which is one reason why so little survives here.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and is where the day begins. Next is Crooks Roman temporary camp.
2. Crooks Roman temporary camp
The Roman army on the march built a camp every night: a rectangle of ditch and rampart, with tents inside, defended by sentries. These temporary camps, often used only once or for a short campaign, left faint traces in the landscape, and many have been found from the air in the north of England. Crooks, near Haltwhistle and Greenhead, in the area where Northumberland meets Cumbria, is one of several temporary camps along the line of Hadrian's Wall, probably used by the soldiers who built the Wall in the second century.
Read the complete Crooks Roman temporary camp write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Crooks Roman temporary camp comes up about 16 km into the recorded legs. Next is Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp.
3. Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
There is not much to see at Bean Burn, and that is rather the point. East of Haltwhistle, in the South Tyne valley a little below the line of Hadrian's Wall, archaeologists have traced the outline of a Roman temporary camp: a rectangle of low banks and ditches, often barely visible except from the air or in raking evening light. Camps like this were thrown up by soldiers on the march or during construction of the Wall, a night's or a season's shelter surrounded by a turf rampart and a ditch, with leather tents pitched inside in neat rows. Northumberland has an unusual concentration of them, and they tell a quieter story than the forts: of thousands of men moving across this landscape, digging in, moving on.
Read the complete Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 29 km into the recorded legs you reach Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp. Next is back through Crooks Roman temporary camp.
4. back through Crooks Roman temporary camp
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Crooks Roman temporary camp write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Crooks Roman temporary camp, late in the day. Next is Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and.
5. Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and to Crooks Roman temporary camp
Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and → Crooks Roman temporary camp is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Crooks Roman temporary camp to Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
Crooks Roman temporary camp → Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp to back through Crooks Roman temporary camp
Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp → back through Crooks Roman temporary camp is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Crooks Roman temporary camp to Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and
back through Crooks Roman temporary camp → Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.