Hadrian’s Wall Being Given A Service And MOT

Or the conservation equivalent anyway! With some £537,000 in the financial pot thanks to heritage grants, specialists including stonemasons have begun taking apart a section of Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. The aim is to conserve parts of the central section of the wall which have been placed on the Heritage at Risk register.

Hadrian's Wall - an "iconic" piece of history

The area that is currently being addressed is to be found at Great Chesters, and the works are being directed by the Hadrian's Wall Trust. The trust said it needed to work hard to protect the world heritage "icon".

Work has taken place in other parts of the Wall, particularly between Housesteads and Peel Crags. This area has already been completed, and sections at Burtholme Beck and Port Carlisle are next on the agenda.

Survey work began in June and the full project, which is being funded from the SITA Trust, financed by the recycling and resource management company, is expected to be completed in October. All the work is being done by hand using traditional methods.

Bryan Scott, from the Hadrian's Wall Trust, said: "Each of the sections of the wall being conserved has been treated differently over time, so our approach is different at each section.

"Hadrian's Wall is under constant pressure from the weather, from visitors, from livestock and other factors, and we need to work hard to protect and to conserve this icon of world heritage."

Hadrian's Wall Heritage is responsible for the care, protection and management of the site, from the Roman coastal defences at Ravenglass north through Whitehaven, Workington and Maryport, to Bowness-on-Solway, along Hadrian's Wall through Carlisle to Newcastle, Wallsend and South Shields.

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