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09-DEC-2008 Ian Dalgliesh

Hadrian's Wall : Stone robbing

Cawfields Quarry,Northumberland,England,UK view map

Immediately beyond the end of the Wall visible in the middle of the shot,is a drop of about 50feet,due to quarrying.
When historians talk of stone robbing this is a good example of what they mean.This is all that's left of a once proud structure,in this location.It stood 8 ft.wide and 15 ft.tall to the walkway with a 6 ft.parapet also in stone.All the exterior stonework was "dressed" stone.Now all that remains is this dribble of rubble interior.see http://www.pbase.com/taggart51/image/164507772

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John Cooper24-May-2012 18:55
I really cant say I blame the locals, the choice between freezing to death while admiring a "Stone Wall", or building a cottage to stay alive is not very hard to make.
Still Base20-Feb-2012 13:14
And if you look round at the local cottages and farms you can see where they went!
Pieter Bos19-Sep-2010 09:35
Beautiful image!
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