Hadrian's Wall, Northern England Photos

Hadrian's Wall (begun 122AD) ran across the top of England at a narrow point from the Irish Sea to the North Sea as a defensive fortification by ancient Rome under the reign of Emperor Hadrian. It objective was to keep raiding Scottish Picts from disrupting Roman Britannia. The stone wall included small castle & turrets every mile plus larger forts with garrisoned towns every five Roman Miles. Significant ruins still exist as well as a walking path sea to sea for the full 117.5 km of the ancient structure. In 142AD, the Romans tried to extend their area of control into Scotland itself with a second defensive wall running across a narrow point from north of Glasgow to the Firth of Forth. Not much of the second Antonine Wall remains. Both walls are evidence of the strength of Picts.