Heddon-on-the-Wall
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Heddon-on-the-Wall is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, located on Hadrian's Wall. Heddon-on-the-Wall is roughly 9 miles (14 km) west of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, and just outside Throckley. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1563. The place-name 'Heddon' means 'hill where heather grew'.
Three Tuns public house
Hadrian's Wall at Heddon-on-the-Wall, with the Vallum ditch running parallel in the background, behind the fence.
St Andrew's Church in the snow; consecrated 630AD, and built of stones from Hadrian's Wall
Vallum (Hadrian's Wall)
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The Vallum is a huge earthwork associated with Hadrian's Wall in England. Unique on any Roman frontier, it runs practically from coast to coast to the south of the wall. It was built a few years after the Wall.
The Vallum at Downhill
The Vallum, Hadrian's Wall, Cawfields
The road and Vallum at Shield on the Wall