Category: Hadrians Wall
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Vindolanda
Ever thought history was all sewn up? Vindolanda will put you right on that. I have never had much time for museums. My attention wanders, especially when herding the young scion at full tilt through tourist traps. But Vindolanda stopped me in my tracks. What makes it work is simple: the ruins and the finds…
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Milecastle 39 and the Sycamore Gap
Day 14; 2 weeks now into this lockdown and the morning routine has developed into my daily exercise during which I look for inspiration for a photo to post that evening. This morning I had read that it was on this day in 1199 that King Richard I, perhaps better known as Richard the Lionheart,…
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Knag Burn Gate, Hadrians Wall
A day on the wall near Housesteads.