CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Benwell it runs 122 km to Benwell; allow about 1 h 41 of riding. It goes by way of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel, Hadrian's Wall and back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
Hadrian's Wall begins its life not on a windswept crag but in the streets of Newcastle, and wall mile 7 runs through the western suburbs around Benwell and Denton, a few kilometres from the city centre. The Romans numbered the miles westward from the fort at Wallsend, and in this stretch the line of the Wall follows the ridge now taken by the West Road. Most of it lies under houses and tarmac, but fragments surface where you least expect them, which is half the fun.
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Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7 is where the day begins. 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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Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra comes up about 22 km into the recorded legs. 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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about 41 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel. Next is Hadrian's Wall.
If you only have time for one stretch of Hadrian's Wall, make it the central section between Haltwhistle and Housesteads. Here the Wall runs along the top of the Whin Sill, a long ridge of hard volcanic rock that forms a natural cliff facing north, and the stone curtain rides the crests like a rollercoaster, dipping into gaps and climbing again. Built from AD 122 on the orders of the Emperor Hadrian, it stretched about seventy-three miles from coast to coast, with milecastles, turrets and forts along its length. The UNESCO listing covers it as part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire.
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Hadrian's Wall, about halfway. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
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back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel sits at 102 km, 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 comes up about 100 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7 write-up.
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Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7 closes the day.
Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7 → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra is 22 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 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 is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel is 20 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 Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybra → Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 7 is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.