Geograph - photograph every grid square

A low mound runs directly back from the photographer's position; in this photograph, it is most evident from the small bulge where the mound crosses the skyline near the centre of the photo.

For a view in the opposite direction from the same point, see NS8479 : Rough Castle: the Military Way.

This mound is what remains of the Military Way, a Roman road that ran about 50 metres to the south of the Antonine Wall, and which connected the various forts and fortlets along the course of the Wall. Compared to the remains of the nearby Rough Castle fort and annexe, and those of the Antonine Wall itself, the remains of the Military Way are slight (see, though, NS8479 : Rough Castle: western defences of the fort). They are, nevertheless, said to be probably the best-preserved stretch of the Military Way on the whole length of the Wall.

In the annotated satellite view (see the end-note), I have represented the Military Way as a green line.

A few kilometres to the west, another section of the Military Way is faintly visible: NS8179 : Military Way at Seabegs Wood.