Hadrian's Wall was built by the Emperor Hadrian as a defensive fortification in Roman Britain. It was started in AD 122 and was more or less completed within 6 years. The Wall is made up of forts, turrets and milecastles which were manned with Roman troops. There was a milecastle built every Roman mile, and two turrets were built equally spaced on either side of the milecastle. The Wall is roughly 84 miles long, from Wallsend on the east coast to Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast.
These pictures were taken with the Samsung PL50.
(Images are slowly being uploaded)
Turret 26B (Brunton Turret)
Cilurnum Roman Fort
Cilurnum: Main East Gate
Cilurnum: Bath-house Changing Rooms
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Turret 35A
Knag Burn Gateway
Turret 36B
Milecastle 37
Vindolanda Roman Fort
Vindolanda: Latrine
Vindolanda: Mausoleum
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Milecastle 39 (AKA Castle Nick)
Turret 49B
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