#Vallum germanicus series

At this time a military road, the Stanegate, was constructed along with a series of forts. The military importance of the area was recognised by the Romans during their early campaigns through northern England and into Scotland in the 2nd half of the 1st century AD. The milecastles along Hadrian’s Wall are numbered from 1 to 80, east to west. Hadrian’s Wall was made a World Heritage Site in 1987 and is part of the transnational Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site (see here), inscribed in 2005 and currently consisting of Hadrian’s Wall, the German Limes and the Antonine Wall in Scotland.

The route of the Wall © Newcastle UniversityĬonsidered as the most famous of all the frontiers of the Roman empire, Hadrian’s Wall stands today as a reminder of the past glories of one of the world’s greatest powers. Frontier installations continued for a further 40 kilometres down the Cumbrian coast. At 117 kilometres long (80 Roman miles), it crossed northern Britain from Wallsend on the River Tyne in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west. It was built by the Roman army on the orders of emperor Hadrian ca. The Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman empire for nearly 300 years. Hadrian’s Wall is the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain.