Planetrees Roman Wall - Hadrian's Wall — Attraction in Wall

Built around AD122 The Emperor Hadrian's Wall marked the north west frontier of his Empire separating Roman Britannia from Caledonia, now modern day Scotland in the north. It gained recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. This particular 35 metre extant section is interesting in that it reflects change from a broad to significantly narrower width during construction, possibly due to a scarcity of building materials or to hasten the completion of the whole project. Set in a backdrop of beautiful natural countryside, it seems to attract a steady stream of visitors to view and marvel at what is now an ancient man made stone scar gouging through the...

The surviving section is 35 metres (115 ft) in length. It was noted that this stretch demonstrates a change from Narrow Wall, 1.75 metres (5.7 ft) wide [west part], to Broad Wall, 2.8 metres (9.2 ft) wide [east end]. Also part of the UNESCO so worth a look. If you don't like cows, don't take your dog if there's cows there, they are really inquisitive about dogs, my dog was even rubbing...

Pretty good little piece. Makes for good photos because the hillside as your backdrop is georgous. However, to really see the wall keep going 8 miles up the road to Housesteads. There is a large portion of the wall in tact connected to a very large fort that is pretty cool to see. A lot of the...