Hadrian’s Wall once marked the extent of the Roman empire in Britannia. Now it’s a pitstop on the way to Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh, or the country’s largest city, Glasgow.
Zoom in to see more points of interest along the wall.Raven Todd DaSilva
The bluff near Crag Lough, close to the Sycamore Gap Tree, was a natural lookout point and that provided fortification from Celtic tribes to the north.Less than a mile from, the city’s 52,000-seat English Premier League stadium, a crew of waterworks employees laying pipe for Northumbrian Water Group discovered a nine-foot section of Hadrian’s Wall buried just two feet below modern asphalt. Ultimately, the pipe was rerouted and the stones were left undisturbed.
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, she says, society had a different relationship with its past. Before the 19th century, history was rarely partitioned from the present, which partly explains why this summer’s find in Newcastle generated so much buzz. When the Romans left around A.D. 400, much of the wall was pilfered by regional politicians, generals and priests. Few visible remnants remain in metropolitan areas.
After three nights of camping and more than 40 miles of backpacking, the sun begins to glow over the English countryside. Dawn breaks over theReenactors portraying soldiers from the Imperial Roman army pose for a photograph at Birdoswald Roman Fort in northern England.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
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