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HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW282P
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionHousesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland with the trees in the plantation encapsulated in hoar and rime frost.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW283BLA
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionMilecastle 37 on Housesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland well after sunset. The huge, bright harvest moon made photography possible.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW283H
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionMilecastle 37 on Housesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland on a sunny winter morning after overnight snow. Sewingshields Crags can be seen in the distance.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW283V
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionMilecastle 37 on Housesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland on a sunny winter morning after overnight snow. Sewingshields Crags can be seen in the distance.£45.00–£475.00 -
CUDDY’S CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW284A
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA clear and frosty autumn morning on Cuddy's Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. Housesteads Crags and Sewingshields Crags can be seen to the east. The steep path is laid with stones along this stretch of the Roman Wall.£45.00–£475.00 -
CUDDY’S CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW284D
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA clear and frosty autumn morning on Cuddy's Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. Housesteads Crags and Sewingshields Crags can be seen to the east. The steep path is laid with stones along this stretch of the Roman Wall.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW285A
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionCuddy's Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland looking east to Housesteads Crags into the hazy early spring sunrise. Sewingshields Crags can be seen in the distance.£45.00–£250.00 -
HOUSESTEADS – CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW285D
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA beautiful and atmospheric spring morning as the sun rises above the Plantation on Housesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. The picture is taken from Cuddy's Crags.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW286A
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA late summer morning on Cuddy's Crags looking east along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland to Housesteads Crags and the rising sun.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW290BP
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionA beautiful misty morning overlooking Housesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. This view encapsulates the character of the central section with its crags undulating and winding their way across the landscape.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL- HW290F
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionLooking from Cuddy's Crags to Housesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland is one of the iconic views of the Roman Wall. On this early spring morning low lying mist lay in the hollow.£45.00–£475.00 -
HOUSESTEADS CRAGS – HADRIAN’S WALL – HW290G
Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall - Middle SectionForm Cuddy's Crags looking east to Housesteads Crags on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland on a spectacular spring morning. The mist ebbed and flowed up and down the crags until it gradually faded away.£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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