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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]
English: OS Map of Hadrian's Wall, in Northern England, at a scale of 1:31,680 or two inches to one mile. Date: 31 December 1964: Source: Scan of original OS map: Author:
Hadrian's Wall Path is a long-distance footpath in the north of England, which became the 15th National Trail in 2003. It runs for 84 miles (135 km), from Wallsend on the east coast of England to Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast. [ 1 ]
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.
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%
Each milecastle on Hadrian's Wall had two associated turret structures. These turrets were positioned approximately one-third and two-thirds of a Roman mile to the west of the Milecastle, and would probably have been manned by part of the milecastle's garrison. The turrets associated with Milecastle 39 are known as Turret 39A and Turret 39B
Hadrian's Wall near Greenhead. The Wall has never formed the actual Anglo-Scottish border. It is a common misconception that Hadrian's Wall marks the Anglo-Scottish border. The wall lies entirely within England and has never formed this boundary.
English: Hadrian's Wall was planned to be ten feet wide at the base, and large elements of the base at least was constructed to this standard. During construction this was narrowed to eight feet, this shows the junction.