![]() ![]() It comprises a broad ditch, about 6m wide with steeply sloping sides, flanked by a pair of linear banks about 6m wide at the base, separated from the ditch by a wide berm to either side of about 9m, with frequent causeways. The Vallum lies to the south of the Wall and was added to the defensive system while construction of the Wall was still underway. ![]() Throughout its long history the frontier was not always well maintained but it remained in use until the late fourth century when a weak and divided Roman Empire finally withdrew its armies from Britain. A screen of forts, without the associated linear features, extends along the Cumbria coast thereby protecting the western flank of the Wall, and there are outpost forts to the north. It has been assumed that this scheme was rigidly adhered to regardless of terrain and indeed this seems to be the case in many instances. The strong points consist of the forts (added in about AD 124), a milecastle every mile and two turrets, evenly spaced, to every mile. From north to south the linear elements are: the ditch, massive and V-shaped though not complete all along the line the berm between the ditch and the wall often containing associated features the Wall itself, built of stone for most of its length although initially entirely built in turf in Cumbria the Military Way, a road connecting the various installations along the line and surviving visibly for long stretches the Vallum, an enigmatic and unique earthwork construction (added in about AD 124), and a counterscarp and glacis to the north of the Wall. Construction began in AD 122 and, extending over 70 miles from Bowness-on-Solway in the west to Wallsend on the River Tyne, it consists of a number of inter-linked linear elements with attached strong points. Hadrian's Wall marks one of the frontiers of the Roman Empire, and the international importance of the surviving remains has been recognised through designation as a World Heritage Site. * Historic: 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. *Potential: significant archaeological, artefactual and environmental information relating to the origin, development and abandonment of the frontier system over time will be retained * Survival: LiDAR data and archaeological evaluation have confirmed that its course is reasonably well-preserved as a series of buried deposits, and that slight but tangible surface traces are present in places The section of Hadrian's Wall vallum from West End, Burgh by Sands to the eastern boundary of Dykesfield is scheduled for the following principal reasons: The buried and slight earthwork remains of a section of the Vallum from West End, Burgh By Sands in the east to the eastern boundary of Dykesfield in the west. ![]()
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