Editing Stanegate (section)

==History==
The Stanegate is believed to have been built under the governorship of [[Gnaeus Julius Agricola|Agricola]], from 77 to 85 AD, during the reigns of the emperors [[Vespasian]], [[Titus]], and [[Domitian]]. It is also thought that it was built as a strategic road when the northern frontier was on the line of the [[River Forth|Forth]] and [[River Clyde|Clyde]]. An indication of this is that it was provided with forts at one-day marching intervals (14 Roman miles or modern {{convert|13|mi}}), sufficient for a strategic non-frontier road.<ref>Hodgson, N. (2000). The Stanegate: A Frontier Rehabilitated. Britannia, 31, 11-22. doi:10.2307/526915</ref> The forts at [[Vindolanda]] (Chesterholm) and [[Nether Denton]] have been shown to date from about the same time as Corstopitum and Luguvalium, in the 70s and 80s AD.

When the Romans decided to withdraw from Scotland starting from around 87 AD,<ref>Andrew S. Hobley, The Numismatic Evidence for the Post-Agricolan Abandonment of the Roman Frontier in Northern Scotland in Britannia xx (1989) pp.69-74</ref> the line of the Stanegate gradually became the new frontier and it became necessary to provide forts at half-day marching intervals. These additional forts were [[Newbrough]], [[Magnis (Carvoran)|Magnis]] (Carvoran), and [[Brampton Old Church]]. It has been suggested that a series of smaller forts were built in between the 'half-day-march' forts. [[Haltwhistle Burn#Roman fort|Haltwhistle Burn]] and Throp might be such forts, but there is insufficient evidence to confirm a series of such fortlets.<ref name="Breeze">{{cite book |author=David J Breeze and Brian Dobson |year=1976 |title=Hadrian's Wall (pages 16–24)|publisher=Allen Lane |isbn=0-14-027182-1}}</ref>