Why this ride
122 km from Hexham to Hexham, about 1 h 59 of riding. It goes by way of Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp, Crooks Roman temporary camp, Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and and Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Red House Roman camp and Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 122 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 59
- 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Red House Roman camp
A few kilometres west of Hexham the South and North Tyne have long since joined, and the valley widens into a level green floor of fields, hedges and small woods, with the Wall's ridge just visible to the north. The Red House Roman camp lies in this farmland, about five kilometres from Haydon Bridge, Acomb and Hexham, on the Roman road known as the Stanegate, which ran across the neck of Britain from Carlisle to Corbridge.
Read the complete Red House Roman camp write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Red House Roman camp is where the day begins. Next is Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp.
2. Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
There is not much to see at Bean Burn, and that is rather the point. East of Haltwhistle, in the South Tyne valley a little below the line of Hadrian's Wall, archaeologists have traced the outline of a Roman temporary camp: a rectangle of low banks and ditches, often barely visible except from the air or in raking evening light. Camps like this were thrown up by soldiers on the march or during construction of the Wall, a night's or a season's shelter surrounded by a turf rampart and a ditch, with leather tents pitched inside in neat rows. Northumberland has an unusual concentration of them, and they tell a quieter story than the forts: of thousands of men moving across this landscape, digging in, moving on.
Read the complete Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp comes up about 15 km into the recorded legs. Next is Crooks Roman temporary camp.
3. Crooks Roman temporary camp
The Roman army on the march built a camp every night: a rectangle of ditch and rampart, with tents inside, defended by sentries. These temporary camps, often used only once or for a short campaign, left faint traces in the landscape, and many have been found from the air in the north of England. Crooks, near Haltwhistle and Greenhead, in the area where Northumberland meets Cumbria, is one of several temporary camps along the line of Hadrian's Wall, probably used by the soldiers who built the Wall in the second century.
Read the complete Crooks Roman temporary camp write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 29 km into the recorded legs you reach Crooks Roman temporary camp. Next is Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and.
4. Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and, about halfway. Next is Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari.
5. 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.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari sits at 66 km, about halfway. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and.
6. back through 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and comes up about 78 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Crooks Roman temporary camp.
7. back through Crooks Roman temporary camp
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Crooks Roman temporary camp write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 94 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Crooks Roman temporary camp. Next is back through Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp.
8. back through Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp, late in the day. Next is Red House Roman camp.
9. Red House Roman camp
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Red House Roman camp write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 122 km.
Leg by leg
Red House Roman camp to Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
Red House Roman camp → Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp to Crooks Roman temporary camp
Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp → Crooks Roman temporary camp is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Crooks Roman temporary camp to Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and
Crooks Roman temporary camp → Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and to Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari
Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and → Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari is 17 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 between Eden Vale house and
Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundari → back through Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and to back through Crooks Roman temporary camp
back through Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and → back through Crooks Roman temporary camp is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Crooks Roman temporary camp to back through Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
back through Crooks Roman temporary camp → back through Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp to Red House Roman camp
back through Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp → Red House Roman camp is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.