Hadrian’s Wall

Hadrian's Wall was built by the Roman Empire to protect their territory in England from the Pictish tribes of Scotland. It was built relatively quickly from 122 AD, with associated castles and forts, and stretches for 73 miles from the Tyne estuary on the east coast to Solway Firth on the west coast.
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  • Type: Ancient wall
  • Description: defensive fortification in Roman Britain
  • Also known as: Hadrians Wall”, “Picts‘ Wall”, “Roman Wall”, and “Vallum Aelium

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aesica and Milecastle 41.

Archaeological site
was a Roman fort, 1.5 miles north of the small town of in . It was the ninth fort on Hadrian's Wall, between Vercovicium 6.0 miles to the east and 6.5 miles to the west.

Archaeological site
was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.

Archaeological site
is a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Once Brewed and Plenmeller.

Hamlet
is a village in , England. It lies on the Military Road B6318. A motorist arriving over the B6138 from the east will see the place name shield "Once Brewed", while those coming from the west will read "Twice Brewed".

Locality
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of with Whitfield, in , England about a mile southeast of . In 1951 the parish had a population of 107.

Hadrian’s Wall

Latitude
54.9933° or 54° 59′ 36″ north
Longitude
-2.4443° or 2° 26′ 39″ west
Elevation
617 feet (188 metres)
Open location code
9C6VXHV4+87
Geo­Names ID
8739739
Wiki­data ID
Q57357
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Hadrian’s Wall” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Muur van Hadrianus
  • Arabic: سور هادريان
  • Aragonese: Muro d’Hadrián
  • Armenian: Հադրիանոսի պատ
  • Asturian: muralla d’Adrianu
  • Asturian: muria d’Adrianu
  • Asturian: muriu d’Adrianu
  • Asturian: Muriu d’Adrianu
  • Asturian: Vallum Romanum
  • Azerbaijani: Adrian divarı
  • Basque: Hadrianoren harresia
  • Basque: Hadrianoren Harresia
  • Bavarian: Hadrianswall
  • Belarusian: Вал Адрыяна
  • Bengali: হ্যাড্রিয়ানের প্রাচীর
  • Bosnian: Hadrijanov zid
  • Breton: Moger Hadrian
  • Bulgarian: Адрианов вал
  • Catalan: Mur d’Adrià
  • Catalan: Mur d’Hadrià
  • Chinese: 哈德良長城
  • Chinese: 哈德良长城
  • Croatian: Hadrijanov zid
  • Czech: Hadriánův val
  • Danish: Hadrians mur
  • Dimli (individual language): Dêsê Hadriani
  • Dutch: Muur van Hadrianus
  • Egyptian Arabic: سور هادريان
  • Esperanto: Muro de Hadriano
  • Estonian: Hadrianuse vall
  • Finnish: Hadrianuksen valli
  • French: mur d’Hadrien
  • French: Mur d’Hadrien
  • Galician: Muralla de Hadrián
  • Galician: Vallum Hadriani
  • Georgian: ადრიანეს კედელი
  • German: Hadrianswall
  • Greek: Τείχος του Αδριανού
  • Hebrew: חומת אדריאנוס
  • Hindi: हार्डियन की दीवार
  • Hungarian: Hadrianus fala
  • Icelandic: Hadríanusarmúrinn
  • Indonesian: Tembok Hadrianus
  • Irish: Balla Haidrian
  • Italian: Vallo di Adriano
  • Japanese: ハドリアヌスの長城
  • Korean: 하드리아누스 방벽
  • Latin: Vallum Aelium
  • Latin: vallum Hadriani
  • Latvian: Adriāna valnis
  • Lithuanian: Adriano siena
  • Lithuanian: Hadriano siena
  • Low German: Mure van Hadrianus
  • Macedonian: Адријанов ѕид
  • Malay: Tembok Hadrian
  • Malayalam: ഹേഡ്രിയൻ മതിൽ
  • Mingrelian: ადრიანეშ კიდა
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hadrians mur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hadrianmuren
  • Norwegian: Hadrians mur
  • Occitan (post 1500): Paret d’Adrian
  • Persian: دیوار هادریان
  • Polish: Mur Hadriana
  • Polish: Wał Hadriana
  • Portuguese: Muralha de Adriano
  • Pushto: hadrian’s wall
  • Romanian: Zidul lui Hadrian
  • Russian: Вал Адриана
  • Russian: Пиктов вал
  • Scots: Hadrian’s waw
  • Serbian: Хадријанов зид
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hadrijanov zid
  • Sicilian: Vallu di Adrianu
  • Slovak: Hadriánov val
  • Slovenian: Hadrijanov zid
  • Spanish: Muro de Adriano
  • Swedish: Hadrianus mur
  • Tagalog: pader ng hadrian
  • Tamil: ஆட்ரியனின் சுவர்
  • Tatar: Адриан дивары
  • Thai: กำแพงฮาดริอานุส
  • Turkish: Hadrian Duvarı
  • Ukrainian: Адріанів вал
  • Uzbek: Hadrian’s Wall
  • Waray (Philippines): Bungbong han Hadrian
  • Waray (Philippines): Kudal ni Adriano
  • Welsh: Mur Hadrian
  • Western Frisian: Muorre fan Hadrianus
  • Western Panjabi: ہیڈرین کند
  • Wu Chinese: 哈德良长城
  • Yue Chinese: 哈德良長城

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