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chris2553 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:43 am

A turret and short length of Hadrian's Wall near Brampton in Cumbria.

frankjsmith · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:12 pm

Chris,
Great shots of a fantastic structure. Hadrians Wall is well worthy of its World Herritage Site status. There is now a public path following the wall, opened a few years ago. The photos bring back memories from 1972 when myself and five other lads walked the Wall from Carlisle to Newcastle, following a now long out of print Ordnance Survey map of the wall. Actually, it was a pub crawl, but I enjoyed the archaeology, even if the others wern't all that interested. I an sure I have some photos of the same spot, which I may scan if there are any without us on. (You wouldn't want to see us then, believe me!).

wyrearchaeology · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:03 pm

A pub crawl along Hardrian's Wall? Now life just doesn't get much better than that really, does it?

Jayne · **Joined:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:01 am **Posts:** 79

Just showed the photos to my son who wants to know if he can purchase a property with some of Hadrian's Wall on it

Beaut photos

A query - the stone wall, ditch and embankment across the road from the wall - is that part of the defences of Hadrian's Wall, too?

wyrearchaeology · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:48 pm

Jayne,

I would imagine so...well, the ditch and embankment at any rate. That's a quintessential 'V' shaped Roman ditch, that is.

chris2553 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:09 am

Jayne wrote:

A query - the stone wall, ditch and embankment across the road from the wall - is that part of the defences of Hadrian's Wall, too?

My guess would be that the stone wall was built more recently. There are literally thousands of miles of these dry stone walls in Cumbria (and most other counties in these islands).In fact, there is a Dry Stone Walling Association - http://www.dswa.org.uk/

Jayne · **Joined:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:01 am **Posts:** 79

Ahh, ok, thanks

We have similar dry stone walls by the mile here in Oz, someone was a busy lad or lass lol

frankjsmith · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm

I've managed to find the OS map of Hadrians Wall we used on the 'pub crawl' in 1972, so I've scanned a bit in to show the detail (copyright Ordnance Survey)

It really is an excellent map, sadly no longer in print, all OS do now is Roman Britain, and Ancient Britain, but in 1970 along with those two and Hadrians Wall, they also published maps of Southern Britain in the Iron Age, Britain in the Dark Ages, Monastic Britain, Ancient map of Kent, and Bodleian map of Great Britain (14th Century)
That's Progress

Jayne · **Joined:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:01 am **Posts:** 79

What a fabulous map, and why on Earth have they stopped mapping the other exciting eras of Brit history?

wyrearchaeology · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:30 am

Jayne,

Probably because there just aren't enough people out there interested any more to justify Ordnance Survey reprinting it. That's a sad look out for Britain, when you think about it...

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