This is the main gate of the old fortress. The original gate would have stood several meters high, with a double-gate.
The lower stone blocks just left of center would have been the central pillar of the gate.
(Those white flecks on the grass are clumps of sheep's wool. There were sheep everywhere!)
A section of Hadrian's Wall just outside the fortress of Birdoswalda.
As you can see, the modern road runs just a few feet alongside portions of the wall.
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