Hadrian's Wall is a Roman wall that runs for about 120 kilometres across northern England between Wallsend-on-Tyne in the East and Bowness in the Solway Firth in the 
West. Begun in 122 AD on the orders of the Emperor Hadrian, it was the northernmost frontier defence of Roman Britain. It was hoped that the wall would help to control the fearsome Scottish tribes, but it was attacked and overrun in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, and abandoned in the 4th century.
Originally about 3m wide and 4.5m high, substantial sections of the wall were plundered for building materials over the centuries. However, the wall and remains of Roman forts along the way still stand today, with the finest surviving stretch being in the Northumberland National Park around the village of Filsland. One of the best pereserved Roman forts can be seen a Houssesteads (Roman Vercovicium), 10 kms north east of Haltwhistole. The Hadrian's Wall Path is England's newest national trail.
West. Begun in 122 AD on the orders of the Emperor Hadrian, it was the northernmost frontier defence of Roman Britain. It was hoped that the wall would help to control the fearsome Scottish tribes, but it was attacked and overrun in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, and abandoned in the 4th century.Originally about 3m wide and 4.5m high, substantial sections of the wall were plundered for building materials over the centuries. However, the wall and remains of Roman forts along the way still stand today, with the finest surviving stretch being in the Northumberland National Park around the village of Filsland. One of the best pereserved Roman forts can be seen a Houssesteads (Roman Vercovicium), 10 kms north east of Haltwhistole. The Hadrian's Wall Path is England's newest national trail.
