Today's post covers the section of the Roman Wall (Hadrian's Wall) at Walltown Crags, which is one of the best-preserved places to see the wall. Here, the rocky outcrop of the hills has been used to build the wall and incorporated into it. This is an amazing place to see the wall and can be walked. Also located here is Walltown turret, one of the standing towers that the Romans built along the wall every half a mile or so in order to protect it whilst maintaining watch below at the northern edge of their Roman empire.
Access to Walltown Crags is fairly easy as there is a small amount of parking at the bottom of the hill, but visitors must walk up a fairly steep and uneven hill through pastures of grazing sheep in order to get to the top.
Once at the top, there are good views, and I examined the old tower first. This would have at least been three storeys high, but it's a brick wall today, and visitors can see its footprint.
With the amazing views here, this would have been a very important strategic point for the Romans. They could have signaled to other towers along the wall from here.
I did not walk the wall section here because I did not have a lot of time, but I climbed to the top of the hill to examine the tower and views. This is an impressive location, and I would return here to walk a section of the wall.
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