HADRIANS WALL

Hadrians Wall



Hadrians Wall

Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium - the Latin name is inferred from the text in the Staffordshire moorlands Patera) was a defensive fortification in the north of England. Started in the year 122, during the reign of Emperor Hadrian, was the first of two fortifications built in Britain, the second is the Antonine Wall, least known of the two, because their physical remains are less evident today.

The wall was the most heavily fortified border of the Empire. In addition to its role as a military fortification, it is believed that many of the doors through the wall served as a customs posts to allow trade taxes and contributions.

An important part of the wall still exists, especially the middle section, and much of its length the wall can be followed on foot by the Camino de Adriano on the wall or by the cycle of National Cycle Route 72. It is the most popular tourist attraction in northern England, where it is often known simply as the Roman wall, or wall. He was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. English Heritage, a government organization responsible for managing the historic environment of England, describes it as "the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain."

Hadrian's Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 statute miles or kilometers 117) in length, width and height depends on the building materials were nearby. Irthing River east wall was made of squared stone and measured 3 meters (9.7 feet) wide and five to six meters (16-20 feet) high, while west of the river wall was grass and is 6 meters (20 feet) wide and 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) tall. This does not include the walls of the trenches, berms and strong. The central section measured eight Roman feet wide (7.8 feet or 2.4 m) in a 10 foot (3.0 m) from base. Some parts of this section of the wall survive to a height of 10 feet (3.0 m).

Hadrian's Wall stretched from Segedunum in Wallsend on the River Tyne to the shore of the Solway Firth, ending a short distance west, but unknown in the village of Bowness-on-Solway.

Although the curtain wall ends near Bowness-on-Solway, this does not mean the end of the line of defensive structures. Milecastles system and turrets are known to have followed along the coast to Maryport in Cumbria. For classification purposes, Milecastles west of Bowness-on-Solway known as Milefortlets.

The A69 and B6318 roads follow the course of the wall, which starts in Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle, then along the north coast of Cumbria (south coast of the Solway Firth). The wall is entirely in southern England and the Scottish border in less than a mile to the west in Bowness-on-Solway, and 110 kilometers (68 miles) east.

Hadrian's Wall was built following a visit by the Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD) in the year 122. Hadrian was experiencing military difficulties in Roman Britain and the peoples of different lands conquered by the Empire, including Egypt, Judea, Libya, Mauritania, and many ...