2015
NY6366 : Poltross Burn - Milecastle 48
taken 11 years ago, near to Gilsland, Northumberland, England
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Poltross Burn - Milecastle 48
A Scot passes by outside the wall. After forays north Hadrian's Wall was built as the Northern Frontier of the Roman Empire.
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall or 'Vallum Aelium' is the remains of a large Roman fortification. The wall extended west from Segedunum at Wallsend on the River Tyne to the shore of the Solway Firth, ending a short but unknown distance west of the village of Bowness-on-Solway. Construction probably started some time in AD 122 and was largely completed within six years.
The remains were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
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- Grid Square
- NY6366, 153 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- John M (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 25 July, 2015 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 26 July, 2015
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NY 634 662 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:59.3421N 2:34.4111W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NY 633 661
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
