Why this ride
A 69 km round trip from Brampton - roughly 1 h 26 in the saddle. On the way it passes Roman signal station on Mains Rigg, Hadrian's Wall and back through Roman signal station on Mains Rigg.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The and Hadrian's Wall
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 69 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 26
- 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 & vallum from A6071 to The
Do not expect a great stone wall here. Near Brampton, on the stretch running out toward the A6071, Hadrian's Wall is mostly a matter of earthworks and imagination: a line in a field, a softened ditch, the long parallel banks of the vallum to the south. In this western sector the wall was originally built of turf and timber before being rebuilt in stone, and centuries of farmers and builders carried off the dressed stones for barns and churches. What survives is listed as part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire, and once your eye tunes in, you start seeing the line everywhere.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The is where the day begins. Next is Roman signal station on Mains Rigg.
2. Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
On a low ridge south of the Wall, near the village of Low Row, the foundations of a Roman stone tower sit in a field with a commanding view up and down the Irthing valley. The signal station on Mains Rigg belonged to the system of the Stanegate, the road that ran from Corbridge to Carlisle before the Wall was built, and it allowed messages to be passed between forts by fire, smoke or flags. From here, on a clear day, you can see for miles: west to Carlisle, east toward the Pennines and north over the Wall.
Read the complete Roman signal station on Mains Rigg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Roman signal station on Mains Rigg comes up about 18 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall.
3. Hadrian's Wall
North of Haltwhistle the land rises in a series of dark ridges, and along their crest runs the most dramatic surviving stretch of Hadrian's Wall. Built from AD 122 on the orders of the emperor Hadrian, the wall ran some seventy three miles from the Tyne to the Solway, with forts, milecastles and turrets along its length, and here, between Walltown Crags and Birdoswald, it climbs and drops along the edge of the Whin Sill, a band of hard volcanic rock that forms natural cliffs facing north. The wall is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 33 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall. Next is back through Roman signal station on Mains Rigg.
4. back through Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Roman signal station on Mains Rigg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Roman signal station on Mains Rigg, late in the day. Next is Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The.
5. Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The 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 & vallum from A6071 to The. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The to Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The → Roman signal station on Mains Rigg is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Roman signal station on Mains Rigg to Hadrian's Wall
Roman signal station on Mains Rigg → Hadrian's Wall is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall to back through Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
Hadrian's Wall → back through Roman signal station on Mains Rigg is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Roman signal station on Mains Rigg to Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The
back through Roman signal station on Mains Rigg → Hadrian's Wall & vallum from A6071 to The is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.