Hadrian's Wall also called the Roman Wall at Housesteads, was a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the emperor Hadrian. It ran from the banks of the River Tyne near the North Sea to the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea, and was the northern limit of the Roman Empire. Northumberland, England

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From Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities by Charles Knight printed 1845

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Size: 4488px × 3456px
Location: Hadrian's Wall & Housesteads Roman Fort, Bardon Mill, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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