4. Soldiers from all over the Roman Empire occupied Hadrian’s Wall. Inscriptions left by soldiers at the Birdoswald Fort, one of the best-preserved forts at the western end of Hadrian’s Wall ...

A Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall has been donated to the nation by its owner. Carrawburgh Roman Fort in Northumberland has been cared for by Jennifer Du Cane's family since 1950. Its remains lie ...

Housesteads Roman Fort - showing north gate, which leads to Hadrian's Wall. Housesteads is one the best preserved forts in the country. Housesteads is located on a high ridge and covers an area of ...

What to see at Hadrian's Wall, where to see Hadrian's Wall and the best places to see Hadrian's Wall. Here's our Hadrian's ...

In the Roman period, the fort at South Shields, which overlooks the entrance to the River Tyne, guarded port access to Hadrian’s Wall. Several forts were built at the site, first under the ...

The first Roman settlement at the site of Vindolanda was built between A.D. 74 and 85 just a mile south of where Hadrian’s Wall would be ... passed through the fort and extramural town, or ...

Great walls stretching across the country from coast to coast. Roads, forts, bathhouses, bridges and art works. All this graphically proclaimed the might of Rome. They brought a style of ...

Hadrian's Wall Path in Northumberland has been named one of the best places in the UK for a romantic walk. The outdoor experts at Millets assessed various factors, including the percentage of romantic ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...

considered one of Hadrian's Wall's "big three" alongside Vindolanda and Housesteads Roman forts. However, that does not seem to be the case, as the Hadrian's Wall Partnership Board reported that ...

They were made to secure fortifications against rampaging Caledonian tribes as the Romans tightened their grip on the lands ...

The fort and the surrounding settlement lies to the south of Hadrian's Wall. Over the summer months there are excavations on site, which have uncovered a number of Roman documents and artefacts ...