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PEEL CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW452.3
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe first day of winter and the first proper snow of winter at Peel Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. Beyond Peel Crags to the east are Highshield and Hotbank Crags.£45.00–£475.00 -
CASTLE NICK – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW452A
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionHadrian's Wall on Peel Crags on an autumn morning. Below is Milecastle 39 (Castle Nick) with Highshield Crags, Crag Lough and Hotbank Crags to the east.£45.00–£475.00 -
CRAG LOUGH – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW453F
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionLooking east from Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland along Peel Crags and Highshield Crags to Crag Lough and Hotbank Crags on a hazy spring morning.£45.00–£475.00 -
PEEL CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW458
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA winter sunrise over Peel Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. Beyond Peel Crags are Highshield and Hotbank Crags and Crag Lough.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW460
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA very wide angle picture looking east along Peel, Highshield and Hotbank Crags on a snowy first day of winter.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW460.3
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionLooking east along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland towards Peel Crags, Highshield Crags and Hotbank Crags on an intensely cold early winter morning.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW460.5
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionLooking east along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland towards Peel Crags, Highshield Crags and Hotbank Crags on an intensely cold early winter morning.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW461.1
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA very wide angle picture taken from Steel Rigg looking east along Peel Crags, High Shield Crags and the distant Hotbank Crags. Hadrian's Wall comes in from the left and travels east along the top of the crags.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW462A
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA cold late February morning on Hadrian's Wall at Steel Rigg in Northumberland looking east along Peel Crags just as the morning mist begins to rise.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW462E
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA cold, misty late February morning on Hadrian's Wall at Steel Rigg in Northumberland looking east along Peel Crags just before a colourful sunrise.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW462L
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe mists of a February morning along Peel Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland begin to subside as the colour of the sunrise intensifies.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – NORTHUMBERLAND – HW462U
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA beautiful colourful winter dawn over Peel Crags and Hotbank Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland seen from Steel Rigg.£45.00–£475.00
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian’s Wall crosses England at its narrowest east-west point from the North Sea to the Irish Sea. It is a microcosm of England. It contains two great regional cities – Newcastle / Gateshead in the east and Carlisle in the west. The Newcastle-Gateshead quayside is a focus of cultural activities and art with the Sage Gateshead and the Baltic Art Gallery. With its abundance of good pubs, restaurants and magnificent Georgian architecture it is well worth a visit. To the east is the thriving Port of Tyne. Carlisle is a smaller but influential city supporting a rural area. Its centre is attractive and with a fascinating history is a delight to visit. Both cities are on the course of Hadrian’s Wall and are included in the Hadrian’s Wall National Trail.
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The two coastlines are poles apart in character. The River Tyne enters the North Sea at the towns of Tynemouth and South Shields and has much shipping in and out of the Port of Tyne. The immediate coast line is rocky with cliffs and sandy bays. To the west the Solway Firth is a large expanse of marshes and mud flats – it has its own wild beauty and is transformed by the rise and fall of the tides. It is principally an area of small hamlets and villages.
The journey along the course of the Wall from Newcastle and Carlisle is farmland. Leaving Newcastle, Hadrian’s Wall diverges from the rural River Tyne and begins a gentle climb through attractive farmland. To the south the views are of towering skies, hills and eventually the moors of the North Pennines. The first high point is at Milecastle 24 from which there is a steep decline into North Tynedale.
From the River North Tyne at Chollerford Hadrian’s Wall passes the Roman fort of Chesters and rises to Limestone Corner where, to the north, is a panoramic view of the lower section of North Tynedale.
After a level stretch of the Roman Wall, including the Mithraic Temple at Brocolitia, the course of the Wall meets the first of the crags of the Whinsill Fault at Sewingshields. This geological phenomenon creates the north facing crags (cliffs) that define Hadrian’s Wall to many. In this higher section just livestock is farmed typical of the uplands. This terrain continues with its twists, turns and undulations to Walltown Crags where the Wall drops to the lower and flatter landscape of Cumbria.
The Northern Counties of England and the Scottish Borders have a very long history of violence. Much was because of the power struggles of the different kings and their aspirations of greater power, but, there were three hundred years of carnage and mayhem of family against family, bands of Rievers and private armies. This resulted in a plethora of fortified buildings from castles and forts to fortified manor houses and farm houses, bastles and pele towers.
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