What is recorded here

Hadrian's Wall and vallum stretch between the track to Portgate Cottage and the field boundary east of milecastle 24, marking wall miles 22 and 23 as a scheduled monument in Northumberland. The stone line still cuts across the land, preserving the shape of a border drawn centuries ago. People may have walked past dropped jars, dragged carts or watched storms erase the marks of earlier hands. What remains is not a display but a warning that human ambition leaves scars even when memory fades.

The National Heritage List for England records Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the track to Portgate Cottage and the field boundary east of milecastle 24 in wall miles 22 and 23 as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built by the Romans under Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD, Hadrian's Wall and its associated vallum were constructed as a defensive fortification and boundary marker for the Roman Empire. It is important as a significant archaeological and historical monument, representing Roman military engineering and the empire's reach into Britain.

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