Military Way |
Hob Uid: 1008745 | |
Location : Northumberland Wall
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Grid Ref : NY9267069630 |
Summary : The Roman road here is considered to be on the line of the north mound of the Vallum which itself is almost completely destroyed in this sector. Descending the valley slopes to the north Tyne, the Vallum, maintaining a straight alignment, is either destroyed or severely reduced; crossings or their absence cannot be identified. At NY 9269/24 the angle of descent is particularly steep and here a turf-covered trackway leaves the line of the north mound to run down the side of a dry valley north of the Vallum seemingly to rejoin it some 180m to the west though the actual junction is destroyed by ploughing. This diversion effectively eases the gradient. Initially it is an indistinct terrace in the valley side partly destroyed by surface quarrying, but as the valley opens out it changes to an agger, 0.2m high and about 7.0m wide. It conforms to the convention of a Roman Road and if it is Roman, it would strongly suggest that the Military Way did indeed coincide with the north mound of the Vallum at least in this sector and probably as far west as the north Tyne. |
More information : The Military Way is considered to be on the line of the north mound of the Vallum which itself is almost completely destroyed in this sector (1a). Descending the valley slopes to the north Tyne, the Vallum, maintaining a straight alignment, is either destroyed or severely reduced; crossings or their absence cannot be identified. At NY 9269/24 the angle of descent is particularly steep and here a turf-covered trackway leaves the line of the north mound to run down the side of a dry valley north of the Vallum seemingly to rejoin it some 180m to the west though the actual junction is destroyed by ploughing. This diversion effectively eases the gradient. Initially it is an indistinct terrace in the valley side partly destroyed by surface quarrying, but as the valley opens out it changes to an agger, 0.2m high and about 7.0m wide. It conforms to the convention of a Roman Road and if it is Roman, it would strongly suggest that the Military Way did indeed coincide with the north mound of the Vallum at least in this sector and probably as far west as the north Tyne. (1) |