- Why Was Hadrian’s Wall Built? Hadrian’s frontiers all over the empire had used natural features as boundaries for Roman territories.
- Hadrian's Wall is the remains of a line of stone fortifications built under Roman Emperor Hadrian following the conquest of Britain in the second century A.D.
- Amazing to see such history. We were absolutely blown away by the historic ruins of Hadrian’s wall. A must visit if you’re in the area.
- Hadrian's Wall is a former Roman fortification in the Roman province of Britannia in what is now northern England.
- This time a new frontier, the Antonine Wall, was rapidly established between the Forth and Clyde rivers and Hadrian’s Wall was promptly abandoned.
- This is one of the finest places to see Hadrian's Wall, where it snakes and dives through dramatic countryside along the crags of the Whin Sill.
- Hadrian’s 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 built not just to prevent movement but also to control movement - especially the movement of the Picts.
- This became known as the Antonine Wall. The most famous of all the frontiers of the Roman empire, Hadrian’s Wall was made a World Heritage Site in 1987.
- The most famous of all the frontiers of the Roman empire, Hadrian’s Wall was made a World Heritage Site in 1987.