Showing posts with label Hadrian's Wall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hadrian's Wall. Show all posts

Sunday, 5 February 2012

Postcards from Northumberland


It's a year now since we came here...

Some of my favourite places in South Northumberland...
Riddlehamhope

Blanchland
Lambley Viaduct

Tynedale between Hexham and Corbridge
Vindolanda

Autumn Glade near Devil's Water, Hexhamshire
Hexham Abbey
Milecastle 42, Hadrian's Wall
Home (in the trees on the left)

Monday, 28 April 2008

What We Did On Our Hols: Part Two

Here are some photos of our rambles around Vindolanda and the central sector of Hadrian's Wall

On the Roman Wall looking east toward Great Chesters (Aesica)

The Museum Garden at Vindolanda: temple, shop and house

Memorial to all the Roman army regiments that served at Vindolanda


Ian with the first piece of wall he excavated at Vindolanda in 2001

Northumbrian shepherd with his old dog, Meg

Looking toward Barcombe Fell

Just south of the Wall near Walltown Crag

My dream cottage: Low Fogrigg by the Chineley Burn

Matfen Parish Church

Grave of Ian's maternal great-grandparents in Matfen churchyard

The Cuthbertson family farm, Rose's Bower, Great Whittington, Northumberland