Show Hadrian's Walk by MARION SHORES Stretching Irom coast to coast at the narrowest in the most northern county of is Hadrian's parts of which can still be seen THE WALL is an amazing feat of engineering and a reminder of years when Britain was part of the Roman It was Emperor of Rome AD whose idea il was lo construct the HE VISITED England in AD and decided to build the wall to keep out hostile tribes further north the Romans never managed to Il took ten thousand men two years lo build It was eighty Roman miles There were seventeen forts along the wall which were like garrison where the men lived ORIGINALLY the wall was intended to be fifteen feet high and ten feet wide but it never quite achieved that The wall and its forts were attacked and overthrown on three In AD and but each time the Romans managed to and rebuild the AT THE collapse of the Empire and withdrawal or the the wall lapsed into It is fascinating today to walk along the wall as it meanders across the countryside and pay a visit to w hat is left of one of the like that at which in Roman times was called IT IS reachable from Newcastle lo the east or Carlisle from the Once in the fort and past the guardrooms you come to ruins of latrines and water another interesting relic in the granary where one can see posts that once held up wooden floor lo allow for under-floor |