HADRIAN'S WALL
Some of the sights from my walk along the Hadrian's Wall path
Near Heddon-on-the-Wall
The Stanley Plantation where I found an abundance of Woody Nightshade
The dark plantation
The Church of St Oswald on the site of the 7th Century Battle of Heavenfield
Stones that summon ghostly legions
Stones that murmur in the landscape
Onwards past Turrets
Onwards past Milecastles
To walk with the Vallum and the Wall
Which rises and falls like some aged stone serpent
Driven over mound and through hollow
Through dip and through ditch
Its undulating course persists
At Black Carts
The stones at Black Carts
The Temple of Mithras near Brocolitia Roman Fort
(Mithraeum)
The Altar at the Temple of Mithras
The depiction of Mithras on the Altar
The Mithraeum in the landscape
The path from Vercovicium 'Housesteads' Roman Fort
Housestead Crags
The arched gateway in the north wall of Milecastle 37.
Shortly after this the Pennine Way crosses the Hadrian's Wall path.
After Crag Lough
Sycamore Gap
Tree and Stone
The picturesque Sycamore Gap
This little toad almost became a victim of the walkers' boot until I rescued him!
The landscape can seem almost supernatural with energy
and dark emotions that have gathered through the centuries
At Cawfield Quarry
Cawfield Crags from Cawfield Quarry
Hadrian's Wall at Hare Hill
Fungi flourish at Combecrag Wood
19th Century Tower at Birdoswald Roman Fort
The footbridge over the River Irthing
After Walltown Quarry towards Turret 45B as night descends!
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