08-16-2013, 09:51 AM
I think that you may find that the DERE Street and the STANEGATE may well be SAXON names for these roads, what I do know is that the Dere street does not go through Corbridge and that the Stanegate runs from coast to coast and not just from Carlisle to Corbridge.
The Proto Dere street crosses the Tyne at Bywell about 4 miles east of Corbridge and this is why Hadrian put the Fort of Onnum one Roman mile east of what is presumed Portgate to cover the crossing of the Dere street over His Wall north of Bywell, I have traced the Stanegate all the way even east of Heddon on the Wall, if in fact you part the two words Stane-Gate this is Saxon for stone road.
The Proto Dere street crosses the Tyne at Bywell about 4 miles east of Corbridge and this is why Hadrian put the Fort of Onnum one Roman mile east of what is presumed Portgate to cover the crossing of the Dere street over His Wall north of Bywell, I have traced the Stanegate all the way even east of Heddon on the Wall, if in fact you part the two words Stane-Gate this is Saxon for stone road.
Brian Stobbs
