Acomb, Northumberland

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Acomb
latitude= 54.992
longitude= -2.109
population =
shire_district= Tynedale
region= North East England
shire_county = Northumberland
constituency_westminster= Hexham
post_town= HEXHAM
postcode_district = NE46
postcode_area= NE
dial_code= 01434
os_grid_reference= NY931664

Acomb is a village in the north of Northumberland, England. [United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map, NZ, Landranger (2004)] It is situated to the north of Hexham [http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N12976 Acomb, Northumberland Local History] ] , not far from the junction of the A69 road and A6079 road. The name is Anglo-Saxon Old English "acum", 'at the oak trees'. Other villages in the vicinity are Halton, Aydon and Heddon-on-the-Wall.

History

Some Bronze Age cists have been discovered in this vicinity. [http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N12976 Acomb, Northumberland Local History] ]
Hadrian's Wall is located in the vicinity of Acomb. Hadrian's Wall, the most significant Roman monument in Britain, was constructed in 122 AD. The extent of Hadrian's Wall was 117 kilometres, spanning the width of Britain; the wall incorporated Agricola's Ditch and was constructed mainly of stone in the eastern reaches such as at Acomb. [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18177 C.Michael Hogan (2007) "Hadrian's Wall", ed. A. Burnham, The Megalithic Portal] ] The wall was constructed primarily to prevent entry by small bands of raiders and unwanted immigration from the north, not as a fighting line for a major invasion. [Stephen Johnson (2004) Hadrian's Wall, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc, 128 pages, ISBN 0713488409]

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