Limestone Corner, Hadrian's Wall

Name: Limestone Corner
Address: Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom

#19 among attractions in Hadrian's Wall

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Limestone Corner is an area of Hadrian's Wall at its most northerly point, in present-day northern England. It represents the most northerly point of the Roman Empire, outside the two periods during which the Antonine Wall was occupied by the Roman military. Other notable features at Limestone Corner are the wall ditch at this point, which was never completely excavated, a Roman camp and the site of Milecastle 30. Also present is a trig point. The B6318 Military Road also runs through Limestone Corner, as does the Military Way, serving Milecastle 30. The Military Way is visible on the ground at this point, the most eastern point where this is the case. ()

Coordinates: 55°2'19"N, 2°11'36"W

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Limestone Corner – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chipchase Castle, Haughton Castle, Chesters Roman Fort and Museum, Milecastle 33.

2.7 miN
Forts and castles
Chipchase Castle
69 min walk • Chipchase Castle is a 17th-century Jacobean mansion incorporating a substantial 14th-century pele tower, which stands north of Hadrian's Wall, near Wark on Tyne, between Bellingham and Hexham in Northumberland, England.
2.7 miE
Forts and castles
Haughton Castle, Hadrian's Wall
69 min walk • Haughton Castle is a privately owned country mansion and Grade I listed building, situated to the north of the village of Humshaugh on the west bank of the North Tyne. It is around 5 ¹⁄₂ miles north of the market town of Hexham, Northumberland.
2.2 miE
Museum
Chesters Roman Fort and Museum, Hexham
57 min walk • Housesteads Roman Fort is the remains of an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland, England, south of Broomlee Lough.
3.2 miW
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Milecastle 33, Hadrian's Wall
83 min walk • Milecastle 33 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall, one of a series of small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along the length of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern England.
0.5 miE
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Milecastle 29, Hadrian's Wall
12 min walk • Milecastle 29 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as a mutilated earth platform accentuated by deep robber-trenches around all sides, and are located beside the B6318 Military Road.
1.2 miW
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Carrawburgh, Hadrian's Wall
31 min walk • Carrawburgh is a settlement in Northumberland. In Roman times, it was the site of a 3+1⁄2-acre auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall called Brocolitia, Procolita, or Brocolita. This name is probably based on the Celtic name for the place, and one possible translation put forward is 'badger holes'.
2.3 miE
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Cilurnum, Hadrian's Wall
60 min walk • Cilurnum or Cilurvum was a fort on Hadrian's Wall mentioned in the Notitia Dignitatum. It is now identified with the fort found at Chesters near the village of Walwick, Northumberland, England. It was built in 123 AD, just after the wall's completion.
2.6 miE
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Hadrian's Wall Path, Hadrian's Wall
68 min walk • Hadrian's Wall Path is a long-distance footpath in the north of England, which became the 15th National Trail in 2003. It runs for 84 miles, from Wallsend on the east coast of England to Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast.
2.7 miE
Bridge
Chollerford Bridge, Hadrian's Wall
69 min walk • Chollerford Bridge is a stone bridge that replaced an earlier medieval bridge crossing the River North Tyne at Chollerford, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
0.4 miW
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Milecastle 30, Hadrian's Wall
12 min walk • Milecastle 30 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as an outward-facing scarp with a maximum height of 0.8 metres. Masonry from the east wall remains in situ. The remaining stretch is 3.1 metres in length by 2.25 metres thick, and survives to a height of 0.6 metres.
3.2 miE
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Milecastle 26, Hadrian's Wall
83 min walk • Milecastle 26 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its position is slightly to the south of, but mostly covered by the B6318 Military Road. and it is located around 700 metres east of the B6318 Military Road's junction with the A6079.