The Hadrian’s Wall Military Way: a frontier road explored

It is always stimulating to be reminded how much more remains to be said about Hadrian’s Wall, a Roman frontier system that is often believed – from an archaeological perspective – to have been ‘done’. Despite centuries of scholarly scrutiny, there are key gaps in knowledge about every element of this fascinating monument. Even so, some components of the Wall system have received rather more attention than others. As Dave Armstrong, a retired engineer, notes, a fine example of one such ‘poor relation’ is the Roman road known as the Military Way. This runs to the rear of the Wall curtain, and is described by Armstrong as ‘a road which is without question the most impressive ex