Editing Stanegate (section)

{{Short description|Roman road that ran from Carlisle to Corbridge, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
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{{Infobox road
|country=GBR
|type=Roman
|route=Stanegate
|alternate_name= Roman Road
|margary=85
|marker_image=
|map=Stanegate.jpg|map_alt=Map showing Stanegate|map_notes=Route of the Stanegate
|length_mi= 38
|time_period= [[Roman Britain]]
|terminus_a=[[Coria (Corbridge)|Corstopitum]]
|junction= [[Vindolanda]], [[Magnis (Carvoran)|Magnis]]
|terminus_b=[[Luguvalium]]
}}
[[File:Forts on Stanegate and Hadrian's wall.png|thumb|350px|Forts on Stanegate and Hadrian's wall]]

The '''Stanegate''' (meaning "stone road" in [[Northumbrian dialect]]<ref>Northumberland Words – A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Northumberland and on the Tyneside -, Volume 2, Richard Oliver Heslop, Read Books, 2008, 1409765261, 9781409765264, page. 696</ref>) was an important [[Roman road]] and early frontier built in what is now [[northern England]]. It linked many forts including two that guarded important river crossings: [[Coria (Corbridge)|Corstopitum]] ([[Corbridge]]) on the [[River Tyne]] in the east (situated on [[Dere Street]]) and [[Luguvalium]] ([[Carlisle]]) (on the [[River Eden, Cumbria|River Eden]]) in the west. The Stanegate ran through the natural gap formed by the valleys of the River Tyne in Northumberland and the [[River Irthing]] in Cumbria. It predated the [[Hadrian's Wall]] frontier by several decades; the Wall would later follow a similar route, albeit slightly to the north.

The Stanegate should not be confused with the two Roman roads called Stane Street in the south of England, namely [[Stane Street (Chichester)]] and [[Stane Street (Colchester)]]. In both these cases the meaning is the same as for the northern version, indicating a stone or paved road.

The Stanegate differed from most other Roman roads in that it often followed the easiest gradients, and so tended to weave around, whereas typical Roman roads follow a straight path, even if this sometimes involves having punishing gradients to climb.<ref name="Selkirk">{{cite book |author=Raymond Selkirk |year=1995 |title=On The Trail of the Legions (pages 107–120)|publisher=Anglia Publishing |isbn=1-897874-08-1}}</ref>

A large section of the Stanegate is still in use today as a modern minor road between [[Fourstones]] and [[Vindolanda]] in [[Northumberland]].