Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coventina's Well and the field boundary at Brown Dikes in wall miles 31 and 32 - List Entry

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    ....Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between the field boundary west of Coventina's Well and the field boundary at Brown Dikes survive well as a series of buried and upstanding remains. Significant information on the development of the frontier system over time, will be preserved.....This section occupies a gentle east facing slope with wide views to the north and south. Hadrian's Wall survives as a buried feature throughout this section. East of Carraw Farm it is overlain by the modern field wall which defines the south side of the B6318 road. Here its line is visible as a disturbed grassy bank, 0.4m high, at the base of the modern wall. West of Carraw Farm its line is visible as a well defined robber trench, about 2m wide, beyond which it reappears as a slight scarp below the field wall which defines the south side of the road. West of here the Wall is overlain by the modern B6318 road....
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    Historic England
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    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1010962
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
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