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Hadrian's Wall

24 images Created 12 Aug 2010

More text in the blog 'On the Wall'
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Quiet places of antiquity speak louder when deserted so it was dawn when I left the car at Steel Rigg as early blue Northumbrian light gathered ..

I heard the early calls of kestrels and sheep and the Michelin drone of car tyres on the B6318 below. Fifty miles south was the rest of England while to the north was Kielder Forest and the modern Borders. A South-Westerly blew and I hauled up my rucksack. Here a Roman once stood shivering, his back to the cold and eyes fixed to the north while scanning the forests for a blood-thirsty enemy.

Hadrian's 4.5m high Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 miles, 117km) long and so important was it to secure its length that up to 10% of the Roman army total force were stationed here. Like the concrete curtain that draws across Gaza from Israeli control, Hadrian's stranglehold on the locals was total ..

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  • WIde landscape of Milecastle 39 on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Walkers explore Milecastle 39 on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Re-enactment soldiers at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire.
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  • Re-enactment soldier at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire.
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  • Detail of precisely-built stones of Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Wide landscape of Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Wide landscape of Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Walker climbs steep path on Roman Emperor Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Wide landscape of Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Re-enactment soldier at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire.
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  • Re-enactment soldier at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire.
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  • Tourists at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Visitors and re-enactment soldier at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire.
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  • Tourists at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Elderly visitor rests at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire.
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  • Re-enactment soldier at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire.
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  • Re-enactment soldiers at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire.
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  • Re-enactment soldiers at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire.
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  • Re-enactment soldier at Housesteads Fort on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire.
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  • Female walker on top of protected Roman Emperor Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Collapsed section of Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Detail of precisely-built stones of Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
    hadrians_wall34-08-08-2010-1.jpg
  • Northumbrian farm on Roman Emperor Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Wide landscape of Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
    hadrians_wall36-08-08-2010-1.jpg
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