6 miles from Cumrew Parish

Well-preserved 15th-century gatehouse, the sole survivor of a small Benedictine priory. A miniature 'pele-tower' containing two storeys of comfortable rooms, it later became a fortified vicarage.

8 miles from Cumrew Parish

The beautiful and now tranquil setting of Augustinian Lanercost Priory belies an often troubled history.

8 miles from Cumrew Parish

A short length of Wall, still standing 2.7 metres (8.8 feet) high.

9 miles from Cumrew Parish

Imposing and well-preserved turret with adjoining stretches of Hadrian's Wall.

9 miles from Cumrew Parish

The remains of one of a network of signal towers predating Hadrian's Wall, Pike Hill was later joined to the Wall at an angle of 45 degrees.

9 miles from Cumrew Parish

Turrets west of Birdoswald: Piper Sike has a cooking-hearth.