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Vallum between Steel Rigg and Caw Gap (Henshaw; Melkridge)

The vallum runs along the low ground south of Hadrian's Wall. It is an earthwork feature with a ditch about one metre deep and mounds on both sides about 30 centimetres high. However, near Shield on the Wall the ditch is two metres deep and the mounds one metre high. In some places, later features have been built on top of the vallum, such as the B6318 road at Twice Brewed and part of Winshield Farm buildings. This is a Scheduled Monument protected by law.
N6545
Roman (43 to 410)
TRIAL TRENCH, East Bog 2003; OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY (NORTH)
WATCHING BRIEF, B6318 'Military Road', Throckley-Gilsland 2007; Pre-Construct Archaeology
WATCHING BRIEF, B6318, Once Brewed 2008; Pre-Construct Archaeology
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY, The Sill Project, Once Brewed 2013; Oxford Archaeology (North)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, The Sill Project, Once Brewed 2013; Oxford Archaeology (North)


Source of Reference
Local History of Melkridge
Local History of Henshaw

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