1. Despite the fact that "north of the wall" is taken to mean Scotland, 90% of Northumberland is actually north of Hadrian’s Wall.

2. At the time the Wall was built, the local tribe was the Brigantes - from which comes the word "brigands".

3. It takes precisely two-and-a-half minutes to run from one of the wall’s turrets to another - according to Guy de la Bedoyere's guidebook .

4. Hadrian was so fond of Hellenic culture that he was nicknamed "The Greekling".

5 Though "Walking The Wall" is a major tourist activity, it is actually forbidden to climb or walk on Hadrian’s Wall.

6. Among the 2,000 wooden writing tablets found at Vindolanda was a party invitation!

7. The "murder house" at Housesteads is so-called because, during its 1934 excavation, the bodies of a man and a young girl were found buried under the floor. The man still had a knife point sticking in his back.

8. The 9ft high tombstone of the Standard-Bearer Flavinus was used as paving at Hexham Cloisters from the 12th century until 1881.

9. Besides Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (1991), the Wall has featured in the 2004 film King Arthur.

10. In 2003, Max Brooks (son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft) published the tongue-in-cheek Zombie Survival Guide, which suggested that Hadrian’s Wall was built to drive back hordes of undead barbarian hordes who were attacking the Romans.