Halton, Northumberland

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Halton
latitude= 55.004
longitude= -2.004
population =
shire_district= Tynedale
region= North East England
shire_county = Northumberland
constituency_westminster= Hexham
post_town= CORBRIDGE
postcode_district = NE45
postcode_area= NE
dial_code= 01434
os_grid_reference= NY997677

Halton is a village in the northern part of Northumberland, England. [United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map, NZ, Landranger (2004)] It is situated a few kilometres north of Corbridge and along the course of Hadrian's Wall. Hadrian's Wall is one of the most significant Roman monuments constructed in Great Britain and was constructed in this reach from stone deriving from the Whin Sill geologic formation. It was built in the year 122 AD. The length of Hadrian's Wall is 117 kilometres, spanning the width of the ancient province of Britannia; the wall incorporated Agricola's Ditch and was constructed mainly of stone in the eastern reaches [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18177] C. Michael Hogan (2007) "Hadrian's Wall", editor A. Burnham, Megalithic Portal] such as at Halton. The wall was constructed primarily to prevent 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]

ee also

*Great Whittington
*Stanegate
*Whin Sill

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