Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun and Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari
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Recorded distance
123 km
Riding-time estimate
1 h 56
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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A 123 km round trip from Hexham - roughly 1 h 56 in the saddle. The stops in between: The vallum and a British settlement betwee, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel, Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari and back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun
Hadrian's Wall runs for about seventy-three miles across the north of England, from the Solway Firth in the west to the Tyne in the east, built on the orders of the Emperor Hadrian after his visit to Britain in 122 AD.
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Planning note
Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun is where the day begins. Next is The vallum and a British settlement betwee.
2. The vallum and a British settlement betwee
There is a stretch of Hadrian's Wall that everybody has seen in photographs: the Wall riding the crest of the Whin Sill like a stone ribbon, plunging into dips and climbing again, with a long, dark lake, Crag Lough, beneath the cliffs. This is it, near Steel Rigg and Once Brewed, and the site on the label, the vallum and the remains of a native British settlement, lies just to the south in the shadow of the crags. It is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site, and it is a reminder that people lived here long before the Romans and kept living here while the soldiers watched over them.
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Planning note
The vallum and a British settlement betwee comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.
3. Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel
East of Carlisle, near the market town of Brampton, Hadrian's Wall crosses a landscape of rolling farmland, hedges and woods along the valley of the River Irthing. Here the wall and its vallum, the great earthwork ditch that ran behind it on the southern side, cross fields where the stone has mostly been robbed for farm buildings, but the earthworks remain clearly visible as long ridges and hollows in the grass.
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Planning note
about 41 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel. Next is Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari.
4. Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari
Carlisle has been a frontier city for nearly two thousand years, and the vallum that runs across its northern edge is part of the reason. North of the River Eden, in the suburb of Stanwix, stood the largest fort on the whole of Hadrian's Wall, home to a cavalry regiment a thousand strong. The fort lies under the streets and the churchyard now, but the line of the Wall and its rear earthwork, the vallum, can be traced across the fields and gardens to the west, and walkers on the national trail follow it out of the city towards the Solway.
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Planning note
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel sits at 100 km, about halfway. Next is back through The vallum and a British settlement betwee.
6. back through The vallum and a British settlement betwee
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Planning note
back through The vallum and a British settlement betwee comes up about 103 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun.
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Planning note
Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun closes the day.
Leg by leg
Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun to The vallum and a British settlement betwee
Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun → The vallum and a British settlement betwee is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The vallum and a British settlement betwee to Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel
The vallum and a British settlement betwee → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel to Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel → Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari to back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel
Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari → 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 to back through The vallum and a British settlement betwee
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel → back through The vallum and a British settlement betwee is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The vallum and a British settlement betwee to Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun
back through The vallum and a British settlement betwee → Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.