🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Hadrian's Wall in Wall Mile 77, near Apple Garth and Westfield
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1987 (ID 430, extended 430ter-157)
- Built under Emperor Hadrian beginning 122 CE
- Wall Mile 77 survives as low earthworks and field boundaries in the western sector
- Located between Apple Garth, Westfield, and a dismantled railway in northern England
Hadrian's Wall between Apple Garth, Westfield, and the dismantled railway in Wall Mile 77 is a compact but legible fragment of the frontier system that once stretched across Roman Britain. This stretch lies within the western sector where the Wall transitions from stone construction to turf and earth, set in rolling farmland. Even in its worn state, the line of the Roman frontier remains readable in the ground through earthworks, subtle banks, and foundation remnants that mark where the ...