Hadrians Wall, Haltwhistle, Northumberland
This aerial photograph shows the remains of a section of Hadrians Wall along with archaeological evidence for many of the other features of the area near to the wall. Hadrian's Wall was built by the Romans between AD122 -128. It stretched 117km across Northern England from the river Tyne to the Solway Firth. The remains of a section of the wall can be seen on the bottom left corner of the photograph going diagonally along the top of a natural ridge. The shadow it casts gives an idea of how high the ridge is. Attached to the bottom of this section of wall there is a rectangle enclosed by walls with an entrance gap. This is the remains of a milecastle. Running behind the wall from the top to bottom of the photograph you can see the remains of the Military Road and the Vallum. Some distance behind the Vallum and running parallel to it is a road called the Stanegate. Another road runs from the bottom of the photograph to join Stanegate at a crossroads. This road runs past the outline of Haltwhistle fortlet which can be seen on the right at the top of a steep sided valley.
