According to one version, the plan for the construction of the rampart belonged to Emperor Hadrian: it was assumed that the wall would consist of stone and earthen parts. During construction, these parameters were changed: the height of the stone wall is 6 m, the thickness is approx. 2.5 m. A section of an earthen rampart was almost 4 m high and 6 m thick at the base. So-called towers rose every mile. miles forts where the garrison was located. After 1300 m, watchtowers were built, and after about 500 m there were signaling towers. A ditch was dug along the rampart.
At the end of the 2nd c. the value of Hadrian's Wall decreased somewhat, but already in 205207, by order of Emperor Septimius Severus, the wall was restored, and it again became an important defensive structure until the 3rd century BC. The whole 4th c. barbarian tribes pushed the Romans out of Britain. In 400 the last Roman garrison left Hadrian's Wall.
Hadrian's Wall is one of the largest fortification and cultural monuments of the Roman civilization on the territory of the Roman colonies.
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Adrian's shaft
Hadrian's Wall - a defensive fortification in the form of an earthen rampart, built by the Romans in Britain. This is the first of two similar fortifications. The second rampart - the Antonin rampart was located to the north and is not so well known, because. survived much worse.
Hadrian's Wall was 80 ancient Roman miles or 120 km long. Its height varied depending on the place and building material. To the east of the Irting River, the rampart was built of rectangular stones, its width reached 3 meters and its height - 5-6 meters. To the west of the river, the rampart was earthen, 6 meters wide and 3.5 meters high.
There is a popular belief that Hadrian's Wall runs along the border of England and Scotland. This is not so, Hadrian's Wall is located entirely in England and is less than a kilometer from the border in the west and 110 kilometers in the east.
The wall was built at the direction of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who is famous for visiting almost all the provinces of the Roman Empire during his reign. Construction of the wall began shortly before his arrival in Britain in 122 AD. Historians have not come to a consensus about why this wall was built. Perhaps it was supposed to symbolize the power of the Roman Empire. Its functionality as a defensive structure is doubtful, both from a military and economic point of view: whether the Pictish tribes scattered across the northern plains really posed such a threat to the Roman Empire, and whether the rampart could successfully repel their raids. And would it not be cheaper to simply annex these lands to the empire than to build and maintain such a rampart? After all, it was not just a wall poured or made of stones. At a distance of one ancient Roman mile from each other, small fortifications were built. Up to 17 full-fledged forts were built along the rampart, and the garrison of the wall sometimes exceeded 10,000 people.
After the Romans left Britain, the rampart collapsed. Large plots the walls were demolished during the construction of the road in the 18th century. But in the middle of the 19th century, John Clayton became interested in the wall. He began to buy out plots of land where the remains of the rampart were preserved, so that local residents would not take away stones for their buildings. Then these lands were bought by the National Trust for the Preservation of Historic and Natural Heritage.
In 2003, a hiking trail was opened along the line where Adrianov's Wall passed.
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Adrian's shaft
Hadrian's Wall, a colossal defensive structure 117 km long that once crossed northern England, connecting the deep-water estuaries of the River Solway in the west and the River Tyne in the east.
The incessant raids of unconquered tribes from the north forced the emperor Hadrian, who visited Britain in 121 AD. order the construction of the rampart, which was intended to serve as a clear evidence of Roman power, prevent invasions and make it possible to control trade and migration of tribes.
The extreme points of the rampart were at Bowness and Wallsend, while the western flank was protected by Solway Bay and more than 48 km of fortifications along the coast of Cumberland.
The eastern section of the rampart was stone, the western - earthen.
FROM north side shaft at a distance of 6 m from it was dug a ditch with a depth of approx. 8 m. First of all, 16 large forts were built at unequal intervals at strategically important points. Here, passages were made in the shaft, and here was located most of garrison. Between them, smaller towers were erected every 1300 m, and at intervals of approx. 500 m - towers with stairs, which served as a shelter from bad weather and for signaling. On the south side along the shaft passed military road. The shaft was intended exclusively for guard duty.
This structure, which required great engineering and labor, was built in 5 years, and almost all the work was done by the soldiers of the three Roman legions permanently stationed in Britain.
Many inscriptions were found embedded in the wall, from which it is clear that the construction was carried out according to small areas distributed between military units. It is estimated that when making a moat alone, it was necessary to move approx. 2 million cubic meters m of earth and stone. Hadrian's Wall is one of the most impressive monuments of Roman civilization.
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Hadrian's Wall is a defensive fortification 120 km long, built by the Romans under the emperor Hadrian in 122-126. to prevent the raids of the Picts and Brigantes from the north. It crosses northern England from the Irish to the Northern Seas near the Tyne River near the border with Scotland. The most outstanding monument of antiquity in Great Britain.
In 122, Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of a grandiose wall in Northern Britain, which was supposed to outline the borders of the Empire and protect it from the raids of barbarian tribes. The construction work was supervised by the governor of Roman Britain, Platorius Nepos. In 126, the construction of Hadrian's Wall was completed, which stretched from sea to sea for 117 km from the Solway River to the Tyne River.
According to one version, the plan for the construction of the rampart belonged to Emperor Hadrian: it was assumed that the wall would consist of stone and earthen parts. During construction, these parameters were changed: the height of the stone wall is 6 m, the thickness is approx. 2.5 m. A section of an earthen rampart was almost 4 m high and 6 m thick at the base. So-called towers rose every mile. miles forts where the garrison was located. After 1300 m, watchtowers were built, and after about 500 m there were signaling towers. A ditch was dug along the rampart.
At the end of the 2nd c. the value of Hadrian's Wall decreased somewhat, but already in 205-207, by order of Emperor Septimius Severus, the wall was restored, and it again became an important defensive structure until the 3rd century BC. The whole 4th c. barbarian tribes pushed the Romans out of Britain. In 400 the last Roman garrison left Hadrian's Wall.
Hadrian's Wall is one of the largest fortification and cultural monuments of the Roman civilization on the territory of the Roman colonies.
The rampart was built of stone and turf at the narrowest point of the island. Length - 117 km, width - 3 m, height - 5-6 m. In the east it was stone wall, in the west - a turf shaft. Observation towers stood at regular intervals along the entire length of the rampart, and behind them were 16 forts, with ditches on both sides.
The most famous of the fortifications along the wall is the castrum Verkovitium, now known as the Roman Fortress of Housesteds.
After the Antonine Wall was built, no one followed Hadrian's Wall, and it gradually collapsed. But in 208, Emperor Severus ordered the Antonine Wall to be abandoned and Hadrian's Wall to be strengthened, establishing the boundary of Roman possessions along it. The Picts punched holes in the rampart several times, and the Romans finally left it to collapse in 385.
At present, well-preserved ruins of forts can still be seen in Northumberland near Haussteads, Great Chesters and Vindolanda.
Rudyard Kipling dedicated the poem "Song of the Roman Centurion" to Adrianov's Wall:
Adrian's shaft
This is one of two such structures. The second shaft is called Antonina and is located a little to the north, but not so famous, since it is much worse preserved to this day.
After the construction of the second wall of Antoninus, almost no one followed the rampart of Hadrian, which led to its gradual destruction. But by order of the emperor of the North in 208 AD. the wall of Antoninus was abandoned and the strengthening of Adrian's Wall was carried out, and the establishment of the border of the great empire along it.
The length of the line of Adrianov's Wall was 80 ancient Roman miles. The height of the embankment fluctuated markedly due to the location and building material. East of the Irting River, Adrianov Val was built from special rectangular stones. In this place, the width of the shaft reached 3 m, and the height was up to 6 m. To the west of the river, the rampart was earthen, 6m wide and 3.5m high.
There is a popular belief that this rampart is the border between England and Scotland, but this is not at all the case. Hadrian's Wall is located entirely in England, a kilometer from the border in the west and 110 kilometers in the east of the country.
The use of the wall as a defensive structure seems very doubtful from the point of view of not only military, but also economic. It is unlikely that the Pictish tribes that were scattered across the plains of Britain could pose a great threat to the Roman Empire, and would successfully repel their raids. Although several times the Picts managed to break through the ramparts. It would have been much cheaper to attach these lands to the empire, instead of building this rampart, since it was not just an earthen mound or a mound made of large stones. At a distance of every ancient Roman mile, small fortifications were built. 17 large forts were erected along the entire rampart. Sometimes the garrison of the wall was more than 10 thousand people.
After the Romans left Britain in 385, the rampart began to gradually collapse. In the XVIII century, the construction of the road began, as a result of which large sections of Adrianov Val were demolished. In the middle of the 19th century, the North American statesman John Clayton became interested in the shaft. He bought some plots of land, with preserved sections of the wall, so that the local population would not take away stones for their construction. These lands were later purchased by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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March 2nd, 2013 11:33 am
Well, for those who read "A Song of Ice and Fire" / watch "Game of Thrones": it was Hadrian's Wall that became the prototype of the Wall. According to the author of the saga, George Martin, “standing on the rampart, I suddenly clearly understood what the Roman centurion felt, standing on the wall, not knowing what was coming from the north. I immediately wanted to write a book about warriors,
I will serve Rome here, send me again
Swamp swamps, cut down the forest, or pacify the Picts,
Or lead a detachment along the Northern Wall on patrol,
In the floods of the heather, where the empire's sons sleep...
Rudyard Kipling "On the Great Wall (At Hadrian's Wall)"
History was my favorite subject in school. And not all history, but specifically - the history of the Ancient World. The imagination was especially struck by the Roman legions, which conquered Europe with a forced march. "The only truly successful predecessor of the European Union in the unification & enslavement of all of Europe." (c)
In those distant times, when the construction of the wall began (121-126 AD), the Roman Empire reached its peak (Hadrian was the third in a series of "good emperors"), and subsequently the rulers of the Middle Ages had to work hard before they way of life and standard of living reached the same level as Rome Antoninov. Unlike his predecessor Trajan, Emperor Hadrian did not seek to conquer new lands, but to hold on to what had already been conquered. The militant Picts and Brigantes, who attacked from the north of Britain, worried the Romans pretty much, and it was unreasonable to keep several legions in Britain constantly in a state of full combat readiness, and then the idea was born - to build a wall near which to keep a small garrison capable of repelling any raid from the north.
In just 5 years, a wall about 120 km long was built, blocking the island in a narrow place (from modern Carlisle to Newcastle). In the west, where there was little stone, it was built from peat, in the east, where there were quarries, from local stone. Once the height of the wall was 5-6 meters, the width was 3 meters, ditches up to 8 meters deep were also dug at the foot of the wall, along the entire length of the wall, watchtowers and 16 forts were erected at regular intervals. And you know what's the most amazing thing? What This wall was built by three Roman legions(including the Legio VI Victrix Hispanesis Pia Fidelis Constans Britannica founded by Octavian Augustus), and not at all the oppressed local population. And they managed to build, and repel attacks, and plant Roman culture :)
There are two walls on the map above - the second, the Antonin Wall, was built 20 years later, and the Hadrian Wall was no longer monitored - repaired and restored. They finally gave up on him in 385 and the wall became a source of free building materials for local population(many surrounding buildings are clearly of the same stone as the wall). Since that time, the line along which the wall ran has been the border between England and Scotland.
Well, for those who read "A Song of Ice and Fire" / watch "Game of Thrones": it was Hadrian's Wall that became the prototype of the Wall. According to the author of the saga, George Martin, "standing on the shaft, I suddenly clearly understood what the Roman centurion felt, standing on the wall, not knowing what was coming from the north. I immediately wanted to write a book about warriors defending the end of the world."
True, in the film, the Wall looks a little more formidable than I will show you below.
Well, even if Martin wanted to write a book after visiting this place, then I feel ashamed to hold down a small photo story ...
How to get there: Walking distance from Haltwhistle station 2.5 miles on foot. For those who do not want to walk from the local travel agency, a bus runs to the shaft according to the schedule. There is a sign at the station showing the direction of travel to the travel agency and the shaft, in the travel agency you can check the bus departure time and ask to draw on the map where pedestrians should go. The lady at the travel agency asked us in bewilderment: "Don't you want to wait for the bus?" Then she thoughtfully looked at us and said: "Yes, you will walk." It must have been a true English compliment.
The town itself is small, it is quite possible to run only along the main street, where there is an authentic church and pretty houses.
The final segment of the path is when the path from the fields is selected onto the highway. We crossed it and then moved again along the grass, but, in a good way, you don’t need to do this, it’s better to go straight along the highway to the fork and turn left on it, this road will lead you to Hadrian’s shaft.
Well, we went again across the field.
At some point in time, I felt that my legs were sinking into the grass! That is, I begin to slowly drown in this very grass, the feeling, I will tell you, is not pleasant. It became clear that these meadows were swampy, and we began to quickly get out of here, for which I climbed higher in order to understand how to escape from the meadow.
I get up and am stunned: a herd of cows is grazing right in front of us. And some have already turned around and look at us in bewilderment, but at the same time menacingly - "why, they say, did you come here?" And my husband boldly walks straight at the bulls with a red backpack, and I, as usual, have a red jacket ™.
In a loud whisper, I say to my husband: let's, they say, retreat to the road, otherwise they will gore. Husband: What are you, they do not distinguish colors. Yeah, I answer, when you are stabbed with a horn, you will prove to the bull that he does not distinguish colors!
We start sideways, sideways, keeping the bull in sight, retreat to the fence. And the fence there is noble: waist-high, and even on top of the barbed wire is stretched. Why did we climb the fence instead of going through the gate? And that's why - a puddle, as you see. Deep and quite extensive - apparently, a herd is driven through this gate and they trampled a real crater here.
I had to tiptoe (fortunately, I have trekking shoes) to crawl through the swamp to the fence and try to climb over it. Fence: i - 1:0. It’s a sin for me, when I watched various films about the war or camps, I always thought, well, what’s there, barbed wire, what garbage, is it really impossible to climb over anyway. It is forbidden! With the first movement of my foot in an attempt to climb over the fences, I cling to the wire in four or five places and get stuck securely. I carefully release my favorite hiking jeans and carefully, along the bottom plank of the fence, I crawl along the fence to the gate, which I climb over. Following me, my husband starts moving, and now we are already - phew - on the highway. They waved to the bulls and went on like white people, along the highway, since the shaft of Hadrian was already visible.
If you continue along the highway, keeping the "cliff" in sight on the right side, then after a while you will turn a little to the right and come out to the parking lot by the lake. It was formed as a result of the flooding of the former quarry, the same stone from which the rampart was built.
By the beginning of the walk along the shaft, you need to go around the lake on the left - and you will get to the entrance to the territory of the "reserve".
This is how I described need to approach the shaft, but we, as usual, decided that we were no worse than the Roman legionnaires, and went straight, that is, directly on the grass.
We rise to the "cliff" above the quarry and survey the surroundings.
Then we go down and start walking along the wall.
At the foot of the "cliff" are the remains of one of the 16 forts of the Wall.
Then everything is extremely simple: you walk along the wall, then looking back, then looking over the wall, touching the stones and mentally imagining how the wall was higher and wider, and how it was during the time of Roman rule.
However, Scotland
Many loafers simply come to the parking lot, go out to the ruins of the fort, look at the wall from below and leave, but about half remain, I was especially struck by the company with children and dogs who boldly crawled along the dilapidated stairs, not being afraid of either height or piercing wind. Throughout the journey, we met at most 10-12 people, mostly you go alone, and the circle is deserted, because the walkers are dispersed along the entire wall.
The wall goes through the hills, so the walk is quite difficult. It is quite warm in the hollows between the hills, and you immediately want to unbutton, but do not believe it - as soon as you climb the next hill, you will simply be blown away from there.
Below you can see small fences for livestock, also dividing land holdings. A strong feeling that the stone was taken from the wall.
Doesn't the Wall look like the Great Wall of China? snakes itself from hill to hill and goes somewhere beyond the horizon ...
If you ask me if it is worth visiting this place, then I will boldly answer you: it is worth it. Here, like a castle
Hadrian's Wall (Hadrian's Wall) - a defensive fortification in the form of an earthen rampart, built by the Romans in Britain. This is the first of two similar fortifications. The second rampart - the Antonin rampart was located to the north and is not so well known, because. survived much worse.
Hadrian's Wall was 80 ancient Roman miles or 120 km long. Its height varied depending on the place and building material. To the east of the Irting River, the rampart was built of rectangular stones, its width reached 3 meters, and its height was 5-6 meters. To the west of the river, the rampart was earthen, 6 meters wide and 3.5 meters high.
There is a popular belief that Hadrian's Wall runs along the border of England and Scotland. This is not so, Hadrian's Wall is located entirely in England and is less than a kilometer from the border in the west and 110 kilometers in the east.
The wall was built at the direction of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who is famous for visiting almost all the provinces of the Roman Empire during his reign. Construction of the wall began shortly before his arrival in Britain in 122 AD. Historians have not come to a consensus about why this wall was built. Perhaps it was supposed to symbolize the power of the Roman Empire. Its functionality as a defensive structure is doubtful, both from a military and economic point of view: whether the Pictish tribes scattered across the northern plains really posed such a threat to the Roman Empire, and whether the rampart could successfully repel their raids. And would it not be cheaper to simply annex these lands to the empire than to build and maintain such a rampart? After all, it was not just a wall poured or made of stones. At a distance of one ancient Roman mile from each other, small fortifications were built. Up to 17 full-fledged forts were built along the rampart, and the garrison of the wall sometimes exceeded 10,000 people.
After the Romans left Britain, the rampart collapsed. Large sections of the wall were demolished during the construction of the road in the 18th century. But in the middle of the 19th century, John Clayton became interested in the wall. He began to buy out plots of land where the remains of the rampart were preserved, so that local residents would not take away stones for their buildings. Then these lands were bought by the National Trust for the Preservation of Historic and Natural Heritage.
In 2003, a hiking trail was opened along the line where Adrianov's Wall passed.
Great Wall- it's not only Chinese invention. There is a similar facility in the UK. The impressive building was created during the Roman Empire, namely, during the reign of Emperor Hadrian (76-138 AD), one of the most mysterious rulers of the Ancient World.
The unusual historical and architectural structure is called Hadrian's Wall and is the largest monument of the Roman era in Northern Europe. The unusual necklace of Northern England extends from the town of Wallsend near Newcastle upon Tyne in the east to Bowness-upon-Solway in the west and is included in the list of the most important monuments of historical heritage, identified by UNESCO in 1987.
If the Great Wall of China served as a fortress wall, then the Hadrian Wall had a different purpose. The Roman legions were well trained and equipped to fight in the open. The Romans did not intend to take up fighting positions on the top of the wall. The wall was needed only to organize a second line of auxiliary troops. In fact, Hadrian's Wall was more of a symbol of the boundaries of the vast Roman Empire.
According to the emperor's biographer, "Hadrian arrived in Britain in 122 and built a wall 80 miles long to separate the Romans from the barbarians." The wall crossed the entire island from coast to coast, separating England from Scotland, then called Caledonia. According to the plan, the width of the wall was to be 10 Roman feet, and the height - 12 (5 and 6 m). However, changes were made to the plan, and not everywhere the dimensions of the wall were the same. The wall was built by 3 Roman legions within 6 years. The construction is considered one of the most unusual historical and architectural monuments of Adrian, the ruler, who was not only a king, strategist and warrior, but also an excellent architect, historian, connoisseur of all kinds of art, writer and poet.
Hadrian was born in 76 AD. e. in the city of Italica in Spain and came from a family of immigrants who had lived on the Iberian Peninsula for 250 years. However, Hadrian's education and cosmopolitan views bear witness to a Roman upbringing. After in 85 AD. e. Adrian's father died, his relative Trajan, who later became emperor, took care of the boy. During the reign of Trajan, Hadrian advanced as a commander, and after the death of Trajan became his successor. Hadrian abandoned the broad aggressive policy of his predecessor in the East, since Rome did not have enough forces to protect the entire occupied territory. Hadrian's first decree was to withdraw the Roman legions from Mesopotamia, today's Iraq. The regions occupied by Trajan were returned to Parthia, Armenia was again turned from a province into a vassal state. Under Hadrian in Judea in 132-135. there was a liberation uprising of Bar Kokhba, which was suppressed with terrifying cruelty. All the activities of Hadrian were aimed at strengthening the imperial power. He traveled extensively throughout the empire and took an interest in the lives of his subjects. He was always accompanied by his beloved, the Greek youth Antinius. During their joint journey through Egypt in 130, Antinius in a mysterious way drowned. The inconsolable Adrian elevated Antinius to the rank of a deity associated with Osiris, and founded the city of Antinopol near the place of his beloved's death.
Adrian was a multifaceted and controversial personality. A ruthless ruler, he was an exalted poet. A true Roman, he was a fan of everything Hellenic. The keeper the eternal city, he was the creator of innovative architectural projects in the remote corners of the empire.
Fragments of the Wall of Hadrian in many places have survived to this day. The easiest way to see the impressive views of this unusual structure is to go to one of the cities, which is the final destination of the ancient building. True lovers of tourism will have a unique opportunity to make a complete journey along Hadrian's Wall along a well-designed route that belongs to the category of national tourist routes. The 135 km long hiking trail starts in Wallsend and ends in Bowness-on-Solway. The road is considered easy and pleasant to walk along, you can meet small towns and villages, picturesque hills and many historical monuments related to the era of Hadrian and beyond.
If you ever decide to check how far it is from your home to these ancient borders of the Roman Empire, then take the tourist route to the Land of Hadrian's Wall.
Victoria Sheliga
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Many centuries ago, a monumental and, at the same time, rather controversial structure was erected on the territory of present-day Great Britain. Many historians are still arguing about the appropriateness of such a grandiose construction.
Emperor ancient rome Hadrian in about 122 AD gave the order to build a reliable "shield" of the empire. The Picts and Brigantes who raided, as well as part of the population of Rome who wanted to leave the empire, posed a threat to the integrity of the great state. Within 5 years, Hadrian's Wall was built "from scratch": it is believed that 3 legions, stationed at that time in Great Britain, worked on it at once.
Being an earthen rampart of a colossal length of 120 kilometers or 80 ancient Roman miles, such a barrier solved a number of non-obvious, but very important tasks. In addition to the protective function, this defensive structure ensured the safety of the empire, making it possible to avoid population movements that were unnecessary for Ancient Rome.
In addition, in those days, it was Hadrian's Wall that acted as the controller of trade relations and operations carried out on the territory of the state. Great construction tasks were preceded by great construction.
One of the main materials from which Hadrian's Wall was built and subsequently plundered by marauders is peat laid on a stone. They were finished East End erected structure, while the western one was given over to the turf. However, the reality did not meet the initial expectations: instead of a width of 3 meters, it turned out to reach a mark of only 2.4 m, however, the height of the structure came out exactly as it was intended in the plan - a six-meter giant met uninvited guests a little later in all its height.
Adrianov Val (Son of Groucho / flickr.com)
Another important part of the wall's defensive structure was the ditches that were dug out on both sides of the stone-and-earth giant. The ditch, located on the northern side of the rampart, was dug up to a depth of 8 meters. For the construction of ditches, a colossal amount of material was required - 2 million cubic meters stone and earth.
From the south, there was a road for military patrols and army units. The construction assumed the possibility of a constant watch, therefore, in specially designated areas, Hadrian's Wall was equipped with 16 forts with garrisons and passages provided for them. Towers were placed between the largest forts small sizes, and every 500 meters - watchtowers with stair lifts.
historical future
This rampart is not the only one that was erected by the Romans at that time. Several decades later, it took new wall, confirming the status of the new borders of the Roman Empire. This structure was the Antonin Wall, which replaced the collapsing Andrian Wall.
However, history decreed otherwise, forcing in 208 to engage in the reconstruction of the latter in connection with the repeated displacement of the boundaries of the Roman state. But now the majestic wall could not cope with its main function, defensive: the Picts broke through the fence through the passages they created.
For a long time, Hadrian's Wall helped the empire maintain order and integrity, but constant problems in various parts of the border eventually forced the wall to be abandoned, thereby dooming it to gradual destruction. The dismantling of the Great Wall was also facilitated by farmers actively borrowing stone from the wall's structures to build their own huts.
Adrianov Val today
Time did not spare the historical object: first, the raids of the invaders, and then the construction of the road in the 18th century, destroyed the famous rampart. In the middle of the 19th century, John Clayton bought some of the land under the great Roman wall, which put an end to farm looting.
Signpost to Hadrian's Wall (Lynn Rainard / flickr.com)
Some time later, they passed into the possession of the National Trust, an organization that monitors the preservation of historical and culturally significant objects. Now everyone can come to the shaft: recently there is a trail for tourists. Now it is very easy to visit this place: from any locality, located near the shaft, there are buses in the direction of the historical landmark.
On the this moment the only well-preserved sections of the rampart are located between Greenhead and Corbridge, and also in Northumberland. If you look at the coordinates of this place on the map, you should pay attention to the proximity to Scotland bordering just a kilometer from the rampart. The rampart itself extends in the north of England from the Solway Firth of the Irish Sea to the fortress of Sigidunum, located on the River Tyne of the North Sea.