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THE GRANARY – HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW199D
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA beautiful winter morning at the granary at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall after a light snowfall. The snow highlights the pillars of the hypocaust - the under floor heating system.£45.00–£250.00 -
THE GRANARY, HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW199E
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe Granary at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland early on a winter morning after a light snowfall. The snow highlights the pillars supporting the hypocaust used for drying grain.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW200E1
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionAn atmospheric spring morning at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. Many of the support services for the fort were located outside the fort walls.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW221
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA winter morning by the latrines at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. In the distance is Grindon Lough and the North Pennines.£45.00–£250.00 -
HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW222D
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe Granary at Housesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland early on a bright spring morning. Grindon Lough and the North Pennines can be seen in the distance.£45.00–£475.00 -
THE GRANARY – HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW222EP
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA spring morning overlooking the Granary at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. In the distance is Grindon Lough and the North Pennines.£45.00–£475.00 -
THE GRANARY – HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW222G
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA frosty winter morning by the Granary at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. In the distance is Grindon Lough and the North Pennines.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW223C
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe Granary at Housesteads Roman Fort on a bright spring morning. The picture shows the pillars supporting the underfloor heating - the hypocaust.£45.00–£250.00 -
THE GRANARY – HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW223V
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA winter morning at the granary at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. In the distance is Grindon Lough and the North Pennines.£45.00–£250.00 -
HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW225E
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe north wall of Housesteads Roman Fort in Northumberland becomes part of Hadrian's Wall. On this crisp, bright spring morning the course of the Roman Wall can be clearly seen over Sewingshields Crags.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW245BP
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA beautiful winter morning at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland with the mist lying low in the hollows. In the distance is Grindon Lough and the North Pennines.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW245E
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionLooking from Cuddy's Crags east to Housesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland on a clear spring morning. Broomlee Lough and Sewingshields Crags are in the distance.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW263
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA stunning winter morning at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. South from the Fort in the distance is Grindon Lough and the North Pennines.£45.00–£250.00 -
HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW264
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA winter morning at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. The stones are what remains of the principia.£45.00–£250.00 -
HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW265
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA winter sunrise over the South Gate of Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. The South Gate was much later adopted and fortified by the Armstrong Riever family.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW266A
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA day of wet snow at the north wall of Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland gives a stark almost graphic effect looking across the Knag Burn Gateway.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW266B
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe rising autumn sun found the small gap between the horizon and the cloud to illuminate the north wall of Housesteads Roman Fort in Northumberland. This wall became part of Hadrian's Wall.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW268C
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe latrines at Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland on a bright and frosty winter morning.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS HADRIAN’S WALL – HW271AP
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionAn autumn morning on Cuddy's Crags looking across to Housesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. Patches of mist had formed in the low lying areas.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL- HW272P
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionLooking from Cuddy's Crags to Housesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland after a night of snow. In four hours of waiting the break in the clouds lasted about four minutes and was gone.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL- HW272S
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionLooking from Cuddy's Crags to Housesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland after a night of snow. In four hours of waiting the break in the clouds lasted about four minutes and was gone.£45.00–£475.00 -
MILECASTLE 37 – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW276.2
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionMilecastle 37 on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland on a bright spring morning. This picture clearly shows the partition walls within the Milecastle. In the distance is Sewingshields Crags.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW282F
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionHadrian's Wall runs along the top of the crags in a small plantation by Housesteads Roman Fort. It is the only section of the Roman Wall where visitors are allowed to walk on the Wall.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW282N
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionAn extraordinary day in the plantation on Housesteads Crags in Northumberland. Super cooled water droplets from fog on South Tynedale were blown up and over Hadrian's Wall forming both very heavy rime and hoar frost on the trees.£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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