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In 1970, the Vindolanda Trust, a registered charity, [40] was founded to administer the site and its museum, and in 1997, the Trust took over the running of the Roman Army Museum at Carvoran to the west, another Hadrian's Wall fort, which it had acquired in 1972. The current Curator of the Vindolanda Trust is Barbara Birley. [41]
A view of Hadrian's Wall showing its length and height. The upright stones on top of it are modern, to deter people from walking on it. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Hadriani, also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Aelium in Latin) is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. [1]
Vercovicium (1964 OS map) Plan of fort. Housesteads Roman Fort was an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, [1] at Housesteads, Northumberland, England. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.
There is a Hadrian's Wall bus (service AD122) Archived 9 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine (note 'Roman' numbering) which runs close to the central section of the Wall during the summer. The bus runs between Hexham, Chesters, Housesteads, Once Brewed, Vindolanda, Walton and Haltwhistle approximately once an hour 0900 – 1700.
File:Hadrians_Wall_map.png licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0-migrated, GFDL 2009-01-01T22:03:09Z Mahahahaneapneap 800x995 (219681 Bytes) Compressed; 2005-09-20T21:00:40Z NormanEinstein 800x995 (294704 Bytes) This map shows the location of Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall in Scotland and Northern England. Created by NormanEinstein, September 20, 2005.
Roman forts on Hadrian's Wall, by original name if known. See also the nearby forts of Alauna (Maryport) , Arbeia , Coria (Corbridge) and Vindolanda . Pages in category "Forts of Hadrian's Wall"
The route of Hadrian's Wall (in brown) in northern England. The background map shows modern counties and urban areas. The background map shows modern counties and urban areas. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 170%
Hadrian’s Wall in modern-day England marked one of the northern borders of the Roman Empire. But excavations along the wall are bringing to light a hidden history of the army and the Roman ...