★ UNESCO
World Heritage
World Heritage
📷 Clément Proust · Pexels
Where in the world
United Kingdom
The site
Hadrian's Wall is the Roman frontier fortification of the province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 under the Emperor Hadrian. Running 73 miles across northern England from Wallsend on the Tyne to Bowness-on-Solway, it was a stone wall flanked by great ditches and manned from forts, milecastles, and turrets. The largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain, its garrisons guarded the empire's northern edge until around 400 CE, and it is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Field notes
- civilizations
- Roman
- types
- Wall · Fortress
- built
- 122 CE
- occupied
- 122 CE — 400 CE
- country
- United Kingdom
See it in 3D
Monuments & structures
What stands within Hadrian's Wall
castrumHousesteads Roman Fort
Roman bridgeChesters Bridge
castrumBanna
castrumMagna Roman Fort
milecastleMilecastle 4
milecastleMilecastle 0
milecastleMilecastle 1
milecastleMilecastle 2
milecastleMilecastle 3
milecastleMilecastle 51
milecastleMilecastle 5
milecastleMilecastle 6
milecastleMilecastle 35
milecastleMilecastle 42
milecastleMilecastle 46
Hadrian's Wall turretLeahill Turret
archaeological siteHadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48
Hadrian's Wall turretPeel Gap Tower
