Walltown Crags looking west
©English Heritage Photo Library/Paul Highnam
Hadrian’s Wall: the final frontier. Commissioned by the Emperor Hadrian in AD 122, this structure marks the northernmost extent of the great Roman Empire.
It’s more than 73 miles long, stretching across the narrowest part of northern England, and took the Roman army nearly six years to build. The Wall is one of the most significant Roman structures in the world.
But did you know that it’s really not just a wall but a complicated structure made up of turf, stone wall, ditches, forts, fortresses and watchtowers – all of which you can visit and see for yourself?
Biography
The Wall was a product of the Roman occupation of Britain. How did that invasion come about, and what were its lasting effects?
Features
Meet the Emperor after whom the Wall is named, learn all about the lives of soldiers stationed on the Wall, and take a walking tour along a section of it with ICONS' own Peter Chrisp
