• On 13 March 2010 a public event Illuminating Hadrian's Wall took place, which saw the route of the wall lit with 500 beacons.
  • Hadrians Wall is a historic Roman wall in England that was utilized as a defense fortification during the reign of Emperor Hadrian.
  • Marching 73 miles from coast to coast, Hadrians Wall was built to guard the wild north-west frontier of the Roman Empire.
  • Visitors to Hadrian's Wall can choose to walk along the wall itself, to visit interesting sites and museums along the wall or to combine the two activities.
  • Built by the Roman Army on the orders of Emperor Hadrian, the Hadrian Wall was the North West frontier of the Roman Empire for close to 300 years.
  • Hadrians Wall “was a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia, begun in 122 AD in the reign of the emperor Hadrian.
  • Hadrian's Wall was a Roman frontier work of the early 2nd cent. running 70 miles from the Tyne near Newcastle to the Solway west of Carlisle.
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  • He wrote of Hadrians Wall, “It is eight feet in breadth, and twelve in height; and, as can be clearly seen to this day, ran straight from east to west.”
  • Birdoswald Roman Fort, known as Banna to the Romans, one of the sixteen forts situated along the length of Hadrian's Wall, is an impressive site.