The battle took place in AD635 or AD633 depending on the different sources and interpretations of the actual event. Trail passing through Heavenfield, looking West. Holiday Cottage at St.Oswald's Hill Head Farmįront of holiday cottage at St. How the Portgate may have looked? Reconstruction at Arbeia Fort. Its remains exist beneath the old B6318 Military Road to the south-west of the Stagshaw Roundabout (the B6318 was diverted slightly for the construction of the Stagshaw Roundabout, leaving two short sections of the existing road unlinked - the remains of the Portgate are buried beneath the western section). It was built to control the traffic along Dere Street ( Now the A68 Road) as it passed through Hadrian's Wall. The Portgate was a fortfied gateway, constructed as part of the Wall (Dere Street preceded Hadrian's Wall by around 50 years). Start of the Section - The Errington Arms Car Park. The stile to take you onto the path can be found in the car park to the left of the building. This is a good place to visit for a meal or refreshment before starting, or completing this part of the Trail. The start of this section begins beside The Errington Arms Public House. The Errington Arms Public House, Stagshaw, Corbridge. Start of this Section (walking in a westerly direction). Turret 25A (Could be under B6318 Military Road) Milecastle 25 (Visible as a low platform) Not on the Trail Milecastle 24 (Excavation/robber trenches) Ordnance Survey NY 960 692 Milecastle 23 (Visible as a platform) Ordnance Survey NY 975 689 In total, there would have been three milecastles and seven turrets in this section of Hadrian's Wall: This unit is now known as the Roman mile This unit spread throughout the Roman empire, often with modifications to fit local systems of measurement.
In Roman times, the unit of long distance mille passuum (literally "a thousand paces" in Latin, with one pace being equal to two steps) was first used by the Romans and denoted a distance of 1,000 paces or 5,000 Roman feet, and is estimated to correspond to about 1,479 metres (1,617 yards). Hadrian's Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 statute miles or 117 kilometres) long. Example of a Finger post at Heavenfield lay by.