Per Lineam Valli

Looking east along the B6318 Military Road at Errington Hill Head in Wall mile 24. The 18th Century road was built on top of the foundations of Hadrian's Wall. Modern road followed the same route.

Looking east along the B6318 Military Road at Errington Hill Head in Wall mile 24. The 18th Century road was built on top of the foundations of Hadrian's Wall. Modern road followed the same route. #hadrianswall #followtheacorn #RomanSiteSaturday

Stone with carving of gods Mars & Hercules. At the bottom is a boar, the symbol of the 20th Legion.

Bremenium (High Rochester), Northumberland. Aerial view of fort, built c. 80 CE. The fort was built along the extension of Dere Street, a Roman road running from York to Corbridge & onwards to Melrose. One of the last forts north of Hadrian's Wall to remain occupied until the 270s.

Building stone - 20th Legion Valeria Victrix.

Showing the warrior gods Mars & Hercules, with a boar (symbol of the 20th Legion).

From Bremenium (High Rochester) fort, Northumberland, to the north of Hadrian’s Wall.

Now in Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle

#RomanSiteSaturday #archaeology

Lunched a few groups there in my time (and also in the former Milestone pub!).

So proud to be part of the Uncovering Roman Carlisle team as we won the award for research project of the year at @CurrentArchaeo live today #Carlisle #Archaeology

Rock back in time - no Tardis required as North East geology podcast launched The success of Northumberland Rocks led to a series of five best selling books that reveal the origins of the landscapes of northern England.

A podcast about geology in the NE. Expect some #hadrianswall interest. www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/arts-and-cul...

Wall mile 22. Sunrise on the Trail, tree on the south mound of the Vallum. On Portgate to Heavenfield section of Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail.

2026
57/365. From the archives. Wall mile 22. Sunrise on the Trail, tree on the south mound of the Vallum. On Portgate to Heavenfield section of Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail. #hadrianswall #followtheacorn

The cavalry fort of Cilurnum (Chesters, #HadriansWall), was built in about AD 124. This is a reconstruction of the barracks as they may have appeared in about AD 200. © Historic England (illustration by Mikko Kriek). #RomanFortThursday

The cavalry fort of Cilurnum (Chesters, #HadriansWall), was built in about AD 124. This is a reconstruction of the barracks as they may have appeared in about AD 200. © Historic England (illustration by Mikko Kriek).
#RomanFortThursday

YouTube video by Harry Dwyer Crossing the country by drone - Following Hadrian's Wall

A light aircraft definitely seems easier ... youtu.be/AmPKElYjkqo?...

Belt buckle and belt plate (with punctim decoration) from near the Trajanic fort at Nether Denton, near Hadrian's Wall. Image: © The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC- SA 4.0)

This is rather delightful. Found at Nether Denton Trajanic fort, just south of #hadrianswall, this belt plate and buckle was old when it was deposited, since it is a Tiberio-Claudian type and matched by examples from the south of England.

It's a trick question, of course, because they kept changing their minds and adapting it (even abandoning it under Antoninus Pius), so much so that they never even completed the first plan ... or arguably the second!

An Introduction to Hadrian’s Wall Introduction Hadrian’s Wall is one of the best-known monuments in Britain. There are many books on the subject, but I felt there was sufficient reason to produce a short introduction that answered …

My Introduction to Hadrian's Wall is available as an ebook and as a dead-tree booklet, but you can also indulge in a clickathon and work your way through it online ... for free! perlineamvalli.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/a...

Multi-Technique Analysis and Digital Reconstruction of Polychromy on a Mithraic Altar from Carrawburgh Roman Fort near Hadrian’s Wall

📷 Carrawburgh altars on display in the Great North Museum: Hancock (by Carole Raddato).

Dedication to Coventina, the goddess of water, by Titus D Cosconianus, Prefect of the First Cohort of Batavians. Originally found at Carrawburgh Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall, the stone is now on display in the museum at Chesters Roman Fort. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday

#RomanFortThursday & the fort of Carrawburgh, #Roman Brocolitia, tucked just inside the line of #HadriansWall & with its famous Mithraeum bottom right

A sheaf of papers, the proof copies of the book its title page on top lie on a desk with a propelling pencil lying across them.

Book proofs. Excited to be getting Roman Life on Hadrian's Wall ready for publication.

Pre-orders from www.amberley-books.com/discover-boo... and all the usual places!

There certainly used to be *cough cough*

Hadrian's Wall: map Map of the route of Hadrian's Wall, its forts, and milecastles. Also shown are major roads (excluding the Stanegate) and outpost and hinterland forts.

So, it looks like 2026 might see me walk #hadrianswall again (but this time for my own entertainment). www.flickr.com/photos/thear...

This trio of headless figures were found at Vercovicium Roman Fort (Housesteads), Northumberland on Hadrian’s Wall.
They represent Matres or mother-goddesses carrying cups & fruits.
Roman military communities payed respect to local deities.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanFortThursday
📸 my own.

Remains of stone ruins of walls built into a grassy bank overhung by a green tree

Remembering hot May days ☀️🔥 at the spectacular bath house of Chester's Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall for this #RomanFortThursday - some incredible remains at the edge of Empire 😎

📷 My own 2025

1. Vindolanda fort and vicus a decade ago. It’s a Stanegate fort. Earlier forts lie beneath the later fort of Coh IV Gallorum (built 3rd C AD).
2. Housesteads/Vercovicium fort on #HadriansWall, constructed between AD 122-130.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own

My photo shows a thin, rectangular, dark brown leaf of wood, which is broken in places. Across the surface are six lines of cursive Latin handwriting. The text is written in black ink which appears faded and faint. The Latin reads: nenụ ...[.]n. Brittoneṣ nimium multi ‣ equites gladis ‣ non ụtụṇtur equi- tes ‣ nec residunt Brittunculi ‣ ụt ‣ iaculos mittant Translated as: … the Britons are unprotected by armour (?). There are very many cavalry. The cavalry do not use swords nor do the wretched Britons mount in order to throw javelins. On display at the British Museum.

Life on Rome’s northern frontier: a 1,900-year-old military memo in which a Roman soldier records the combat tactics of the Britons, who he refers to as ‘Brittunculi’ — ‘wretched Brits’! 😳

From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me

#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology

AI Set to Transform Archaeological Protection at Vindolanda Roman Fort A new pilot by the Vindolanda Trust, Kassandra and the UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) will use AI to turn millions of data points into real-time insights about what is happening beneath the ...

AI Set to Transform Archaeological Protection at Vindolanda Roman Fort
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A colourful depiction of Hadrian’s Wall rolling across the Whin Sill on an old map of the Wall.

The beautiful cover art for a tourist booklet, Tynedale and the Roman Wall, produced by British Railways (the Railway Executive N.E. Region) in 1950.
It lies on a copy of the 1964 edition of the OS map of Hadrian’s Wall.
#RomanFortThursday

Let's hope it's shield friendly (neither kissing gates nor stiles are).

:-)

A carved stone with two lines of an inscription sits on a shelf in a museum. The first line of the inscription reads 'C DVR[O]TR[I]G'. Red lettering on the plinth reads: 'Record of building work by the civitas of the Durotrigian people of Lindinis (Ilchester).' At bottom left is the word 'Cawfields' [where this piece was found]. At top right is 'RIB 1672' and at bottom right is 'B263' and 'CH267'.

A certain site in Dorset has been in the news this week for its imminent TV appearance, so for #EpigraphyTuesday here is evidence that those Durotriges got everywhere! In the wonderful museum at Chesters on Hadrian's Wall, recording their building work. 1/3

Exciting, but we still don't know whether #hadrianswall went across the marsh or round it (but I know what my money's on!). www.itv.com/watch/news/p...

A paved area of a Roman building runs from the foreground to the rear, with the phallus stone approximately at the centre of the picture. The paved area is set within grass, with a low outer wall. Towards upper right are some modern steps leading down into the Roman building. The remains of the Roman entrance are in front of them.

A close-up view of the phallus symbol. It is in a circular border carved in relief within a roughly square slab. The phallus is pointing to the right and is not placed centrally within the circle.

A paved area of a Roman building runs from the foreground towards the rear, with the phallus stone approximately at the centre of the picture. The paved area is set within grass, with low walls to the rear and around. The walls at the rear are the remains of the inner rooms of the Headquarters Building.

I've been travelling and have a feast of phalli to share over the following weeks! We'll start with an old favourite. This one often appears here, but I've added some photos showing its context for those who might not have the chance to visit. 1/2
#PhallusThursday

Speaking at the gates of Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields, before the unveiling of the Robert Blair Plaque.

Plaque to Robert Blair 1845-23

Mayor of South Tyneside Jay Potts and Mayoress Audrey Huntley after the plaque unveiling.

Spoke at the unveiling of a plaque to archaeologist Robert Blair, outside Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields last week. Great to see his contribution to the study of Roman archaeology in his local town recognised, and to have Mayor of South Tyneside Jay Potts and Mayoress Audrey Huntley in attendance.

The remains of the oven in the kitchen of the CO's house at Housesteads Roman Fort.

Oven in the kitchen of the CO's house at Housesteads Roman Fort. #hadrianswall #followtheacorn #RomanFortThursday