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Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Carvoran and the B6318 south-east of Longbyre (Greenhead; Thirlwall)

This section of Hadrian's Wall survives both as an earthwork and as a buried feature. There are few traces of it above ground but, where it can be seen, it is a low mound no more than 30cm high. A robber trench near the B6318 road shows where the stonework of the Wall was removed in the past. The ditch on the north side of the Wall survives up to 3.5m deep in places and the upcast mound, or glacis, can be seen too. The site of a turret, known as Turret 46a, has not been confirmed. Similarly, the route of the Military Way Roman road is also uncertain. However, the vallum does survive as an earthwork visible on the ground and measures up to 2.5m deep in places. This is a Scheduled Monument protected by law.
N6100
Roman (43 to 410)
Listed Building
WATCHING BRIEF, Wall End and Holmhead Farms, Greenhead 2001; LANCASTER UNIVERSITY ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT
WATCHING BRIEF, Land adjacent to Thirlwall Castle 2006; North Pennines Archaeology Ltd
WATCHING BRIEF, B6318 'Military Road', Throckley-Gilsland 2007; Pre-Construct Archaeology


Source of Reference
Local History of Greenhead
Local History of Thirlwall

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