CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Maryport it runs 262 km to Maryport; allow about 3 h 55 of riding. The stops in between: The Roman fort and associated civil settle, Watchclose Roman temporary camp, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Low Mire lies in the quiet farmland behind the Cumbrian coast, near Dearham and Maryport, where the land slopes gently down to the Solway Firth and the hills of southern Scotland rise across the water. It is an area of small fields, hedges and scattered farms, with the Lake District fells visible to the south-east on clear days.
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Low Mire is where the day begins. Next is The Roman fort and associated civil settle.
Bowness-on-Solway is where Hadrian's Wall ends, or begins, depending on which way you are walking. This quiet village on the southern shore of the Solway Firth sits on top of the Roman fort of Maia, the second largest on the Wall, and its civilian settlement, which together make up the site on the label, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site. Almost nothing of the fort survives above ground, as much of the stone went into the houses, church and farm buildings of the village, but you can find Roman stones reused in walls if you look closely.
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The Roman fort and associated civil settle comes up 34 km in. Next is Watchclose Roman temporary camp.
East of Carlisle, between the villages of Brampton and Wetheral, the countryside rolls gently towards the Pennines, with green fields, hedges and patches of woodland. Somewhere in these fields lie the faint traces of Watchclose, a Roman temporary camp, one of many marching camps built by soldiers on campaign or during the construction of Hadrian's Wall. These camps were enclosed by a ditch and bank and used for a night or a season, and today they are often visible only from the air or as slight undulations in the grass. Watchclose is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site.
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69 km in you reach Watchclose Roman temporary camp. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road.
Around Haltwhistle the wall climbs on to the Whin Sill, a hard ridge of dark volcanic rock that runs across northern England like a spine, and the effect is among the most dramatic on the whole frontier. The wall rides the crest of crags, rising and falling over the rock, with a steep drop to the north and long views over moorland, and the Roman engineers made full use of the natural defence. The vallum, a broad flat-bottomed ditch with mounds on either side, runs in the valley to the south, and it marks the boundary of the military zone behind the wall.
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Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road, about halfway. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac.
Just north of Hexham, the A road climbs out of the Tyne valley and meets the Roman frontier on a high, windy shoulder of Northumberland. Here, near Acomb, Wall and the crossing of the North Tyne at Chollerford, the line of Hadrian's Wall and its vallum runs across open farmland, sometimes visible as a low bank, sometimes followed by the road itself. Like every stretch of the frontier, it belongs to the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire, and this middle section is where the wall starts to feel serious, heading west into the wild central crags.
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Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac sits at 137 km, about halfway. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road.
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back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road comes up 171 km in. Next is back through Watchclose Roman temporary camp.
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206 km in you reach back through Watchclose Roman temporary camp. Next is back through The Roman fort and associated civil settle.
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back through The Roman fort and associated civil settle, late in the day. Next is Low Mire.
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The route ends here after 262 km.
Low Mire → The Roman fort and associated civil settle is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Roman fort and associated civil settle → Watchclose Roman temporary camp is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchclose Roman temporary camp → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the trac → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road → back through Watchclose Roman temporary camp is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchclose Roman temporary camp → back through The Roman fort and associated civil settle is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Roman fort and associated civil settle → Low Mire is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.