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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire

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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Hadrian's Wall vallum between West End, Burgh By Sands and the track to Dykesfield in wall miles 72 and 73


🕐 3 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 10:26

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📋 Fast Facts
  • Protected earthwork section of Hadrian's Wall, located west of Carlisle in Cumbria, England
  • Covers wall miles 72–73, between West End at Burgh By Sands and the track to Dykesfield
  • Part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage property "Frontiers of the Roman Empire" (inscribed 1987)
  • Vallum served as an internal administrative boundary, not a defensive barrier, controlling movement and access

This section of Hadrian's Wall's vallum is a protected stretch of the wider Roman frontier system created in ...

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