CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Brampton it runs 162 km to Brampton; allow about 2 h 47 of riding. The stops in between: Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantl, Skinburness, Brownrigg North tower 21b and back through Skinburness. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
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Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and is where the day begins. Next is Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantl.
West of Carlisle, Hadrian's Wall heads out across flat farmland toward the Solway Firth, and the closer you get to the estuary, the quieter it becomes. Along this stretch, the wall itself has largely gone, robbed for stone over the centuries, but the vallum, the wide ditch with its mounds that ran behind it, can still be traced in places, and the line passes the sites of Roman forts and the civilian settlements that grew up around them. At Stanwix, now a suburb on the north bank of the Eden, stood the largest fort on the whole wall, home to a cavalry regiment of a thousand men. Further west, at Burgh by Sands, another fort lies beneath the village and its fortified church, built partly with Roman stone.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantl write-up.
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Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantl comes up about 26 km into the recorded legs. Next is Skinburness.
Skinburness is a scatter of houses at the tip of a shingle spit on the Solway coast of Cumbria, just north of Silloth, looking across the wide, shimmering estuary to the hills of Scotland. When the tide goes out, the Solway empties into vast expanses of sand and mud, with channels winding through them, and the light changes constantly as clouds race overhead. On clear evenings, the sunsets over the Scottish hills, with the dark bulk of Criffel opposite, are spectacular.
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about 59 km into the recorded legs you reach Skinburness. Next is Brownrigg North tower 21b.
Most people think Hadrian's Wall stops at the Solway, but the Roman frontier did not simply end at the water's edge. Beyond Bowness a chain of milefortlets and towers ran on down the Cumbrian coast, watching the sea and the hills of Scotland across the firth, and Brownrigg North, tower 21b in the archaeologists' numbering, was one of them. There is little to see on the ground now, often just a gentle swelling in a field, but stand here and look west and you understand why it was put there: the Solway opens out, and on a clear day the Galloway hills and the Isle of Man line the horizon.
Read the complete Brownrigg North tower 21b write-up.
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Brownrigg North tower 21b, about halfway. Next is back through Skinburness.
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Read the complete Skinburness write-up.
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back through Skinburness sits at 104 km, about halfway. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantl.
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Read the complete Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantl write-up.
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back through Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantl comes up about 136 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
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Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and closes the day.
Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and → Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantl is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantl → Skinburness is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Skinburness → Brownrigg North tower 21b is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brownrigg North tower 21b → back through Skinburness is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Skinburness → back through Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantl is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantl → Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.