🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Hadrian's Wall section at wall miles 67–68, near Davidson's Banks, Cumbria
📋 Fast Facts
- Built under Emperor Hadrian, circa 122 CE, as a controlled frontier of Roman Britain
- Wall miles 67–68 lie in western Cumbria near the River Eden, originally turf-built then later reinforced in stone
- Includes curtain wall, defensive ditch, military road, milecastles, turrets, and vallum earthwork
- UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987; part of the wider Frontiers of the Roman Empire inscription
This section of Hadrian's Wall occupies open farmland in the western frontier zone between Davidson's Banks and the road to Grinsdale, in the landscape of northern Cumbria. The Wall, ditch, military road corridor, and vallum remain legible as earthwork features, though softened by time and agricultural use. The dismantled railway to the north marks a later industrial intrusion now absorbed into the modern terrain. The site illustrates how Roman engineers adapted their frontier design to rolling ...