WALLTOWN CRAGS - HADRIAN'S WALL

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    "This is one of the finest places to see Hadrian's Wall, where it snakes and dives through dramatic countryside along the crags of the Whin Sill. Not only is the Wall itself especially well preserved here, but it also shows how the soldiers who built it coped with the presence of large outcrops of natural rock - sometimes incorporating it into the Wall, and sometimes almost butting up against it. At one end is Walltown turret, which unusually was first built as a free standing tower....."
  • Owner

    English Heritage
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/walltown-crags-hadrians-wall/
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Peter Smith
    Last modified: 5 years, 11 months ago
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