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STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – NORTHUMBERLAND – HW504L
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionAn early winter sunrise at Steel Rigg in Northumberland looking east along Hadrian's Wall to Peel Crags ad Highshield Crags.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL- HW504N
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionTraces of autumn mist in the hollows and a big colourful sky at Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. The crags of the Whinsill Fault can be seen disappearing into the east.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW505B
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionLooking south from Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland on a fine winter morning at a spectacular temperature inversion over the River South Tyne.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW505D
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA highly textured winter sky above a temperature inversion over the River South Tyne seen from Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW511C
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionMid-winter at Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. This very wide angle picture includes Peel Bothy, Peel, Highshield, Hotbank and Sewingshields Crags with Crag Lough.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG, HADRIAN’S WALL – HW511T1
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionSteel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland with a beautiful sunrise. Beyond the Wall are Peel Crags, Highshield Crags, Crag Lough and Hotbank Crags.£45.00–£250.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW511V1
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe warm glow of a winter sunrise on Hadrian's Wall at Steel Rigg in Northumberland. To the east are Peel Crags, Highshield Crags and Hotbank Crags.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW536
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA calm spring morning at Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. In the distance is early morning mist over the River South Tyne and beyond that is the North Pennines.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW537
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA calm spring morning at Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. In the distance is early morning mist over the River South Tyne and beyond that is the North Pennines.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW538.2
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA winter sunrise after a light snowfall with two days of persistent frost at Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW538.3
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA light snowfall with two days of persistent frost at Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. Hadrian's Wall is predominately a working landscape where sheep feature strongly.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW550
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionIn the autumn pockets of fog and mist often accumulate around the crags at Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW559DP
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionParticularly in spring and autumn the hollows at the base of Peel Crags and Highshield Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland attract pockets of mist. On this autumn morning it was especially dramatic.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW559E
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionIn the autumn the bottom of the Crags on Hadrian's Wall often fill with pockets of mist. On this occasion at Steel Rigg in Northumberland it was truly spectacular.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW559H
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionAn autumn morning at Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. The mist often comes and goes and ebbs and flows. Peel, Highshield and Hotbank Crags can seen above the mist.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW568.1P
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe autumn mist at Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall put on a magnificent ever changing display on this morning. It waxed and waned changing colour with the rising sun.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW568.3
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe autumn mist at Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall put on a magnificent ever changing display on this morning. It waxed and waned changing colour with the rising sun.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW568.4P
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe autumn mist at Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall put on a magnificent ever changing display on this morning. It waxed and waned changing colour with the rising sun.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW572M
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionSteel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland on a bright sunny day after a substantial snowfall. The challenge is to be there before the footprints begin to appear.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL- HW576H
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionThe Hadrian's Wall Path at Steel Rigg in Northumberland at sunrise on a winter morning before it turns sharply don towards the bottom of Peel Crags.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW580.3
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA farm track just north of Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland on a clear winter morning. In the distance are Highshield Crags, Hotbank Crags and Sewingshields Crags.£45.00–£475.00 -
STEEL RIGG – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW581C
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionJust North of Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland is a farm track that heads east towards Hotbank Crags and Hotbank Farm where it turns south. This is part of a published circular walk.£45.00–£475.00 -
WINSHIELD CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW600C
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA calm autumn morning on Whinshield Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. Looking eastwards are Peel, Highshield and Hotbank Crags with Crag Lough.£45.00–£475.00 -
WINSHIELD CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW601b
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA winter day on Winshield Crags with the iconic view of Peel, Highshield, Hotbank and, sunlit in the far distance, Sewingshields Crags. Crag Lough sits serenely in the middle distance.£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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