Our recent walk along the Hadrian’s Wall National Path in north England was a bit of a scavenger hunt for traces of the past, specifically sign of Roman Britain.

Walking along the vallum near Gilsland.

Even over a thousand years later the arrow straight defensive ditch is visible.

The shape of the vallum and some mounds of un-excavated ruins at “vallum farm”.

Sometimes it could be seen in the shape of the land, with lines just a little too straight to be natural, or bumps and lumps where there were none others nearby of the same shapes.

Hare hill.

Long stretch of the wall east of Housesteads Fort, I think this area is Sewingshields.

At other times jagged stone piles jutted out.

At the easiest times the National trust provided outlines of what was where and informative signs that made it easy.

For Paula at Lost in Translation’s Thursday’s Special: Traces of the Past