The Wall itself is especially well preserved here. Walltown Crags is one of the finest places to see Hadrian’s Wall, where it snakes and dives through the dramatic countryside along the crags of the Whin Sill. The Wall at Walltown Crags, arguably the most spectacular bit of Hadrian’s Wall. This article contains a selection of my best photographs, covering the Wall section from Walltown Crags to Housesteads (walking west to east). It can be sometimes strenuous, but the views are magnificent, and there are several well-preserved milecastles and turrets along the way. This section covers a distance of around 9 miles (15.5 kilometres) and offers the most exciting walk of the entire Wall.

After visiting this great museum -which gives a rare insight into the daily life of a Roman soldier-, I started to walk eastwards along Hadrian’s Wall Path, all the way to Housesteads, the best-preserved Roman fort in Britain. My walk began near the Roman Army Museum at Carvoran. The sites of several Roman forts lie along the route including Segedunum at Wallsend, Chesters, Housesteads, Vindolanda and Birdoswald. Hadrian’s Wall consists not only of the visible remains of the Wall itself but also of its associated forts, milecastles, turrets and earthworks.

In 2011 and again in 2017, I set out to explore Hadrian’s Wall, following in Hadrian’s footsteps and the Roman soldiers who once patrolled the empire’s northern frontier. 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. Hadrian’s Wall stretches coast to coast across northern England, from Wallsend in the east to Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast.Ĭonsidered 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. Hadrian’s Wall has long attracted hikers and history fans and is now the heart of an 84-mile-long (135 km) National Trail through some of Britain’s most beautiful countryside.

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