Hadrian's Wall - near Crag Lough
Hadrian's Wall (Vallum Aelium, Roman Wall, Pict's Wall, Vallum Hadriani) - near Crag Lough, an inland lake at the southern edge of Northumberland National Park - a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia, begun in 122 AD in the reign of Emperor Hadrian. It stretched from the banks of the River Tyne near the North Sea in the east to the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea in the west, and formed the northern limit of the Roman Empire
Picture No
11100878
Media ID
45565016
Size
5688px x 3643px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1930s
