Hadrian's Wall - near Crag Lough
Hadrian's Wall (Vallum Aelium, Roman Wall, Pict's Wall, Vallum Hadriani) - excavated Gateway at Camboglanna Fort (Gabaglanda), within the vallum - 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
11100879
Media ID
45565024
Size
5772px x 3720px
(4.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1930s
