Other places · North East England
Knag Burn Gateway
Knag Burn Gateway in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Knag Burn Gateway is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Knag Burn Gateway is a gateway which was built into Hadrian's Wall some time after construction of the wall itself, generally acknowledged to be during the fourth century.
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Background
Description
Knag Burn Gateway is one of the few gates through the wall that isn't part of a milecastle or fort. The remains indicate that the structure consisted of a single-lane gateway, with guard-chambers on either side and a gate at each end, thus allowing two-stage controlled passage through the wall. Professor I. A. Richmond suggested that the gateway was constructed to allow trade traffic through the wall some time in or after the fourth century. The gateway was discovered in 1855 and excavated in 1936 and 1988. The structure consists of the 3.7 m wide gateway with two small structures either side. The two cell structures at either side of the gateway measure 4.65 m by 3.25 m, with entrances…
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- Coordinates
- 55.0147, -2.3287
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Bardon Mill
- Postcode
- NE47 6NN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
Sources
- wikidata: Q6421716 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Knag Burn Gateway (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Knag Burn Gateway?
- Knag Burn Gateway is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0147°, -2.3287°.
- Is Knag Burn Gateway wheelchair accessible?
- OpenStreetMap notes that Knag Burn Gateway is not wheelchair-accessible.