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EPISODE · Mar 22, 2026 · 16 MIN

Scratching the surface

from reading rocks · host Ian Jackson

Send us Fan MailThis episode initially takes us from Chesters on the Wall to Hexham. South of the Wall but very much a gateway and one with some important recycled Roman rocks. Then back to close to the Wall at Fallowfield before jumping back south to Roman Corbridge – Coria or sometimes Corstopitum. The geology will be as diverse as the geography. From the rocks that made millstones to a cavalryman's tombstone, 

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