The longest surviving fortification from the Roman Empire, Hadrian's Wall stretches across northern England, from Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria to Wallsend on the River Tyne.
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The longest surviving fortification from the Roman Empire, Hadrian's Wall stretches across northern England, from Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria to Wallsend on the River Tyne.

In 122 CE, during a visit to the province of Britannia on the northern edge of the Roman Empire, Emperor Hadrian ordered his army to build a wall to keep the Barbarians out. The 73-mile-long fortification took about six years to complete. Its design incorporated a string of forts and milecastles, which enabled the soldiers to fend off any attempted incursions. Over the centuries, the structure was plundered for its stone, but since the 19th century it has been protected and preserved, and is now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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