Hadrian's Wall between the east end of Davidson's Banks and road to Grinsdale and vallum between Davidson's Banks and dismantled railway in wall miles 67 and 68 - List Entry
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Description
...The section of Hadrian's Wall between the east end of Davidson’s Banks and the road to Grinsdale and the Vallum between Davidson’s Banks and the dismantled railway in Wall miles 67 and 68 is scheduled for the following principal reasons: * Survival: LiDAR data and aerial photographs indicate that Hadrian’s Wall and associated features survive as a series of buried deposits, and areas of slight upstanding earthworks; * Potential: archaeological excavation in 2011 demonstrated that the monument retains archaeological, artefactual and environmental information relating to the origin, development and abandonment of the Roman frontier system; * Historic interest: Hadrian's Wall is an outstanding example of a fortified limes; it is one of the frontiers of the Roman Empire, exhibiting an ambitious and coherent system of defensive constructions, whose universal value has been recognised through its designation as a World Heritage Site.... -
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Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1018309
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