Hadrians Wall

[D B Campbell]

I cannot imagine there being anything that would be put between the Roman Military way and that gate for there is no other way that one could reach the fort from the bridge not even to the south gate of the fort.

Of course, we should remember that the "military way" was not a primary component of Hadrian's Wall. In its primary phase, the Chesters bridge was presumably designed simply to carry the Wall across the river. Only in its secondary phase was it required to carry the main lateral roadway.

Turning to the ring feature: as far as I am aware, there is no reason (yet) to assume that it is Roman. Or that it is a gyrus.

However, playing Devil's Advocate, we could postulate -- purely theoretically -- that the ring feature was a Roman gyrus associated with the primary phase, and that it was subsequently demolished to allow the new (secondary phase) "military way" to run up to the minor east gate. Problem solved? :?