reading rocks

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Series 3 is  an extended Hadrian’s Wall rock trail with little side trips and the first episode will start just north of a little seaside town called Maryport on the southern coast of the Solway Firth and head north and then east. We will take in salt making, how the Romans defended an estuary at Burgh Marsh, a large Roman building in Carlisle whose drains have produced a fantastic collection of semi-precious stones - intaglios; and finish at a Roman quarry in a gorge of the River Eden at a place called Wetheral. You could always follow along on Google Maps and maybe even get the car or bike or boots out and do it for real !

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reading rocksBy Ian Jackson