The vallum between Oatens Bank and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. The vallum between Oatens Bank

   Look south of the road near Oatens Bank, just west of Heddon on the Wall, and you will see it: a broad, flat-bottomed ditch running across the fields, with a low mound on either side. That is the vallum, and it is one of the strangest and most debated elements of Hadrian's Wall. It runs parallel to the wall, a short distance to the south, along most of its length, and it seems to have marked the rear edge of the military zone, controlling access from the south rather than defending against attack from the north. Crossings were limited to causeways opposite the forts, which suggests a kind of customs line.

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   The vallum between Oatens Bank is where the day begins. Next is Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun.

2. 2. 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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   Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun comes up about 12 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel.

3. 3. 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 26 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the fiel. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun.

4. 4. back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun

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   back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun, late in the day. Next is The vallum between Oatens Bank.

5. 5. The vallum between Oatens Bank

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   Back at The vallum between Oatens Bank. That is the ride.