🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Hadrian's Wall vallum, wall miles 71–72, Burgh-by-Sands
📋 Fast Facts
- Vallum section located in wall miles 71–72, between Burgh Head and Ash Tree Square, Burgh-by-Sands, Cumbria
- Built early 2nd century CE under Emperor Hadrian as the rear boundary system of the frontier
- Wide, flat-bottomed ditch with parallel northern and southern mounds; an access-control boundary, not a defensive trench
- Part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage property Frontiers of the Roman Empire (inscribed 1987)
This segment of Hadrian's Wall's vallum lies in low, windswept terrain west of Carlisle, where the great linear ...