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fellranger.bsky.social
A classic Pennine Prospect - High Cup Gill breaks through the curtain of Whin Sill, with Narrowgate Beacon the distant headland.
January 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
greensleeves.bsky.social
I've never sussed out the use of Nordic poles. When I walked Hadrian's Wall with a friend in 2019 she used Nordic poles. She'd be striding up rugged hills & down precipitous peaks without a care in the world whilst I'd be crawling up inclines & descending on my bum. 🤣 Part of our route:
The ascent of Hadrian's Wall at Steel Rigg, leading up onto the Whin Sill, a tabular layer of the igneous rock.
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
theduncanmackay.bsky.social
The beautiful cover art for a tourist booklet, Tynedale and the Roman Wall, produced by British Railways (the Railway Executive N.E. Region) in 1950.
It lies on a copy of the 1964 edition of the OS map of Hadrian’s Wall.
#RomanFortThursday
A colourful depiction of Hadrian’s Wall rolling across the Whin Sill on an old map of the Wall.
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
ambrown.bsky.social
I hiked Hadrian's Wall a couple of years ago and my favorite fact I learned is that the reason the wall is most visible in the most remote places (e.g. on top of the Great Whin Sill) is that it was too annoying for post-Roman folks to hike up there and pull stones off of it to make houses out of.
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
romanbritain.bsky.social
#RomanFortThursday

Housesteads was a #Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.

#RomanBritain #Archaeology #History
November 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
andrewjgalloway.bsky.social
Known in Latin as Vercovicium (also spelled Borcovicus, Borcovicium), Housesteads is an auxiliary Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall, perched on the Whin Sill escarpment in Northumberland, England. #housteadsromanfort #houseteads #hadrianswall #romanbritain #englishheritage #nationaltrust #northumberland
September 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
hillwalktours.bsky.social
Daniel, delighted to see Wallstown Crag on Hadrian's Wall, one of its most dramatic viewpoints where the volcanic rock edge plunges into the landscape along the crags of the Whin Sill. You'll find it between Birdoswald & Housesteads Forts which makes for a great day's hiking. #HillwalkTours #England
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
clairemillington.bsky.social
Tbf the Whin Sill always brings the drama
September 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
chrisdg.bsky.social
I found out recently that High Force is part of the Great Whin Sill geological feature that Hadrian’s Wall runs along so picturesquely near Vindolanda. Apologies if you already knew that
September 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
elericousins.bsky.social
Hadrian’s Wall and the Whin Sill viewed from Steel Rigg. With some lucky resident cows who I hope enjoy the view 🐄

📷 my own, taken today
View of the Whin Sill with Crag Lough in the distance. In the foreground, black cows are lying in a field. Much of the sky is blue but with big clouds floating around and a definite feel of possible rain.
September 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
listermj.bsky.social
#PalacesAndGardens theme #vistas
Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland (July 2025)
This Tudor fortress dates from 1542 and was fortified in the reign of Elizabeth I
#lindisfarne #holyisland #northumberland #castles #photography #eastcoastkin
A view on a July day of Lindisfarne Castle on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. The castle crowns a conical shaped mound of Whin Sill quartz-dolerite rock and seems to emerge from the rock. In the foreground is a beach of scattered rocks. The weathered wooden posts in the foreground are the remains of a wooden jetty used for transporting quick lime which was produced in the lime kilns just visible in the distance below the castle on the right at beach level. The sky is blue and full of white clouds.
September 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
catwhoorg.bsky.social
Bamburgh, Northumberland (I think the sky is edited as its NEVER that blue)
Bamburgh Castle sits atop a rocky outcrop of the Whin Sill, taken from accross the bay. Foreground is beach and the North Sea.
September 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
beardedwalker.bsky.social
A pleasant and dramatic view from the top of High Cup Nick in the North Pennines

#UK
#landscapephotography
#Cumbria
A view from the top of High Cub Nick which shows part of the outcrop of the Whin Sill which underlines much of the North Pennines
August 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
arkleton.bsky.social
Hadrian’s Wall,built AD122 during the Roman occupation of Britain. The wall is to the right, the cliffs to the left are the Whin Sill, formed by magma intruding along sedimentary beds approx 300 million years ago. The Romans used this natural cliff as a foundation for the Roman wall. Awesome!
August 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
davidallanphoto.bsky.social
Lilburn Tower at Dunstanburgh Castle, on the Northumberland coast in North East England. Beyond lies Embleton Bay and Low Newton by-the-Sea. Construction of the castle, on an outcrop of the Great Whin Sill, began in AD1313.
#england #northumberland #coast #landscape #historic #castle #photography
Lilburn Tower, part of Dunstanburgh Castle on the Northumberland Coast in North East England. The elevated site sits on an outcrop of the geological feature known as the Great Whin Sill. In the distance, Embleton Bay and Low Newton by-the-Sea.
August 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
greensleeves.bsky.social
I suppose the pinnacle of my walking adventures was Hadrian's Wall in 2019 - it took me years to find someone mad enough to go with me! Was a wonderful experience. I love this pic I took when we arrived at Steel Rigg (& later edited to show route for ascent) which took us up onto the Whin Sill.
Photo of Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall, a steep climb up onto the Whin Sill.
July 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
listermj.bsky.social
#Scape
Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland (03/07/2025)
This Tudor fortress dates from 1542 and was fortified in the reign of Elizabeth I
#lindisfarne #holyisland #northumberland #castles #photography #eastcoastkin
A view on a July day of Lindisfarne Castle on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. The castle crowns a conical shaped mound of Whin Sill quartz-dolerite rock and seems to emerge from the rock. In the foreground is a beach of scattered rocks. The weathered wooden posts in the foreground are the remains of a wooden jetty used for transporting quick lime which was produced in the lime kilns just visible in the distance below the castle on the right at beach level. The sky is blue and full of white clouds.
July 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
listermj.bsky.social
Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland (03/07/2025)
#ClassicMono #lindisfarne #holyisland #northumberland #castles #photography #eastcoastkin
A black and white view of Lindisfarne Castle on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. The castle crowns a conical shaped mound of Whin Sill quartz-dolerite rock and seems to emerge from the rock. In the foreground is a beach of scattered rocks. The weathered wooden posts in the foreground are the remains of a wooden jetty used for transporting quick lime which was produced in the lime kilns just visible in the distance below the castle on the right at beach level. The sky is full of white clouds.
July 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
perahlberg.bsky.social
High Force, Teesdale. Biggest waterfall by volume in Britain. The lip is created by the basalt of the Great Whin Sill, overlying Carboniferous sandstone and limestone.
June 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
jo-the-botanist.bsky.social
Reckon so - can see the Whin Sill above the softer rock
June 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
guinevereofmason.bsky.social
Guinevere's dialect. Whin is gorse. It's "probably Scandinavian"..compare Swedish hven & early Danish hvine. It's also in one of my favourite place names....Friars Goose which I'll post. Whin is also a hard stone....as in the sill, but here I'm talking about gorse.
June 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
katesfwriter.bsky.social
Our Northumbrian cottage is built on an outcropping of the Whin Sill - can’t get a more solid foundation than it.
June 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
catwhoorg.bsky.social
Two years ago, on a trip based around my father's funeral we did make sure to spend some fun times.

High Force (pictured), Low Force and Stanhope was a very full day.
A picture of a boy dressed in a blue hoodie close to a metal fence against the backdrop of High Force Waterfall. High Force drops 70 feet down the Whin Sill in a series of shorter drops, into a large plunge pool. When the river is in flood, at first a smaller waterfall appears to the right, and then in extreme cases, the whole step is covered in one continuous sheet of water.
June 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
alexdwrites.bsky.social
Did this wall create the idea of Scotland and England? Or was that already there? Or did it come later?

Is it a brutal imposition on the landscape? An adornment to the crags of the Whin Sill?

I let all that swim in and out of focus while I admired its survival and how damn steep it is.
A landscape view - Hadrian's Wall winds its way into this distance over moorclad hills and crags under a clouded sky
June 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
fellranger.bsky.social
Elder in bloom on Highshield Crags looking west along the line of the Whin Sill to Winshields Crags.
May 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM