A year of celebrations marking the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian's Wall may be coming to an end but the Roman Empire's Northern Frontier will continue to be one of Northumberland's premier tourist destinations for years (perhaps even centuries) to come.
And there's so much more to the wall than popular sites such as Sycamore Gap, Vindolanda and Corbridge Roman Town, though they are well worth spending a day, or at least an afternoon, exploring. One such site known as one of the 73-mile long UNESCO World Heritage site's hidden gems is Brocolitia: The Temple of Mithras in Northumberland National Park.
On a recent visit to the National Park, I took a walk to the temple which is just a ten-minute drive from the Sill and six from Housesteads Roman Fort. Built in the third century, the remains lie by Meggie's Dene Burn and the Hadrian's Wall path crosses the B6318 especially so that walkers don't miss them.
