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These have revealed not only buildings, but housing plots, internal and external ditches, and relationships with the landscape beyond. Geophysical surveys have recently demonstrated that there were extensive civil settlements outside the forts along the Wall and on the Cumbrian coast.

Civil settlements: Knowledge of the development of forts may be piecemeal, but there has been only one extensive modern excavation of a civil settlement, at Vindolanda.

The Vallum: Excavations across the Vallum have revealed significant contradictions in its construction and use which need to be resolved.

There has been little excavation there since the 1930s, yet what work has been done since has challenged our basic beliefs.

The turf sector, that is, the western 30 miles of the Wall, is badly understood.

It was built in relation to an existing line of forts, fortlets and towers across the Tyne–Solway isthmus, and we need to know more about these.

The Wall’s antecedents: Hadrian’s Wall did not spring complete into existence.

There is still no published survey of Hadrian’s Wall.Īreas that need further research are: Their discovery has reopened discussion of a particular problem, the function of Hadrian’s Wall.

Excavation remains a significant way not only of enhancing existing knowledge but also of discovering completely new features on the Wall, such as the pits recorded on the berm (the space between the Wall and the ditch) over the last two decades. In addition, re-examination of the remains of the Wall and the reports of earlier work has led to new insights.Ĭurrently there are excavation projects at South Shields, Vindolanda and Maryport. establishing the direction of planning of the Wall and Vallum.geophysical survey, which has greatly increased our knowledge of the extent of the civilian settlements outside forts.dendrochronology, which has allowed us to date precisely timbers used in fort construction.

the discovery from 1973 onwards of writing tablets at Vindolanda and Carlisle, which provide many insights into life on the Roman frontier.The most important developments of recent years have been: