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The Stanegate differed from most other Roman roads in that it often followed the easiest gradients, and so tended to weave around, whereas typical Roman roads follow a straight path, even if this sometimes involves having punishing gradients to climb.
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He also led a campaign into Scotland, but from these conquests he was recalled by the Emperor Domitian, and the border gradually solidified along the line of the Stanegate in Northern England.
Located near the modern village of Bardon Mill, it guarded the Stanegate, the Roman road from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth.
When the Romans decided to withdraw from Scotland, the line of the Stanegate became the new frontier and it became necessary to provide forts at half-day marching intervals.
The retreat from Scotland took place in about 105 AD, and so the strengthening of the Stanegate defences would date from about that time.
From Haltwhistle Burn, the Stanegate continues west away from the course of the South Tyne and passes the major fort of Magnis ( Carvoran ), from Vindolanda and from Corstopitum.
It has also been suggested that the Stanegate may have run eastwards from Corstopitum towards present-day Newcastle, but there is no evidence to support this.
Much of the Stanegate provided the foundation for the Carelgate ( or Carlisle Road ), a medieval road running from Corbridge market place and joining the Stanegate west of Corstopitum.
Stanegate, the military road from Carlisle to Corbridge, was built under the Emperor Trajan ( ruled 98-117 AD ) along the line of the future Hadrian's Wall, which was constructed by his successor Hadrian in 122-132 AD.
* Stanegate, a Roman road running from Corbridge to Carlisle to the south of Hadrian's Wall
Stanegate and other
The ' Stanegate ' frontier, which consisted of itself and several other forts spanning east to Corbridge, was proving to be a far more stable frontier against the Picts than those established deeper into Caledonia.
From that point the course of the river as it turns west is lined with other Roman sites associated with the Roman Stanegate road and Hadrian's Wall.
Stanegate and Roman
When Hadrian reached Britannia on his famous tour of the Roman provinces around 120, he directed an extensive defensive wall, known to posterity as Hadrian's Wall, to be built close to the line of the Stanegate frontier.
* Stanegate, Roman road
The Stanegate, or " stone road " ( Old English ), was an important Roman road built in what is now northern England.
Stanegate, within the Corbridge Roman Site
Roman milestone on the Stanegate near Vindolanda
The old Roman road or Stanegate passes just two miles to the north of the town.
Two important Roman roads in the region were the Stanegate and Dere Street, the latter extending through the Cheviot Hills to locations well north of the Tweed.
The Roman forts of Vercovicium ( Housesteads ) on Hadrian's Wall, and Vindolanda ( Chesterholm ) built to guard the Stanegate, had extensive civil settlements surrounding them.
Stanegate and followed
West of Corsopitum, the Stanegate crossed the Cor Burn, and then followed the north bank of the Tyne until it reached the North Tyne near the village of Wall.
Stanegate and around
In either case, the frontier probably moved south to the line of the Stanegate at the Solway-Tyne isthmus around this time.
Stanegate and .
The Stanegate ran through the natural gap formed by the valleys of the Tyne and Irthing.
It is believed that the Stanegate was probably built under the governorship of Agricola.
Where it left the base of Corstopitum, the Stanegate was wide with covered stone gutters and a foundation of cobbles with of gravel on top.
The Stanegate began in the east at Corstopitum, where the important road, Dere Street headed towards Scotland.
From Vindolanda the Stanegate crosses the route of the present-day Military Road and passes just south of the minor fort of Haltwhistle Burn.
There is evidence that there was unrest in Northern Britain during Marcellus ' governorship which resulted in the frontier becoming the line of the Stanegate.
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