HISTORIANS have been revealing secrets behind an intriguing part of Hadrian's Wall.
Those involved with the site have said that along the wall are the remains of the Temple of Mithras.
Mithras was the god of a Roman religious cult that emerged in the 1st century AD, and some Roman people who lived in the Cumbria area may have been involved with the temple.
A spokesperson said: "The temple probably had no windows, resembling the cave in which, according to legend, Mithras killed a sacred bull.
"Originally built around AD 200, the temple was rebuilt or refurbished four times.
"By about AD 350, it was no longer used and was robbed for building materials and waterlogged from the adjacent burn.
"Afterwards the site was incorporated into a Roman rubbish tip."
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