A monument of Roman defenses. It is a 118 km long and 6 meters high fortified wall. It was built in 122 AD to defend against barbarian tribes. For those times, the wall was the pinnacle of engineering. Its construction consists of forts, which housed the army. For movement the aisles were made. Between the passages are placed small towers and towers for shelter from the rain.

Britain has preserved many ancient monuments, of which Hadrian’s Wall is considered the most ancient. It is also called the Roman Wall and the Picts’ Wall. This structure was a defensive structure in Roman Britain and was built in 122 AD. The rampart is named after the then reigning Emperor Hadrian. It is in northern England by the Bay of Solway Firth in the Irish Sea to the North Sea, by the River Tyne, very close to the Scottish border. This is where the Roman Empire then ended and the border was separated from the tribes of the Britons and Picts.

Hadrian’s rampart looks like a wall of stones. It had forts five miles apart. Between them towers were built. In some places ditches were dug and embankments made. The wall at that time was equipped not only with fortifications, but also with customs posts. Only some part of the rampart has survived to our time; it stretches for 117 km. The UNESCO list of ancient Roman structures was added and it is considered one of the oldest sites in Britain. It is believed that the stone wall is the border between England and Scotland, but it is not true.

The Roman Empire conquered many countries and in each conquered territory there were dissatisfied with the new order. The wall was intended to protect the Romans from unfriendly tribes. But at this time, it is not known whether the construction was really useful. There is another version of the purpose of the wall. Every day traders passed through it, so checkpoints were set up to keep track of immigrants and smugglers. The wall was covered with white plaster, so it was visible even from far away. The death of Emperor Hadrian had a great impact on further development, the construction was literally abandoned. The new emperor erected his own structure, calling it “Antoninus wall”, it reaches 40 kilometers in length, and had forts much larger than Hadrian’s wall.

Later, the wall decided to convert it into a rampart. It was made of turf, complete with sharpened stakes. Already in the early 5th century the Roman influence ended and the British were returning to a quiet life. Stones from the rampart were sometimes taken for other new constructions. Nowadays the remains of the wall are treated with a special compound to keep the stones in good condition. But time has done its work and most of the wall has not survived. Many of the stones from the wall went on the roads in the 18th century. John Clayton tried to protect the remains of the wall, he even purchased several sections of the structure to keep them from being dismantled by farmers. He took possession of almost the entire structure and even excavated it. Clayton invested all of his earnings in rebuilding the wall. Workers he hired partially rebuilt the rampart. After John Clayton’s death, his estate passed into the hands of his family, but they lost the land in a casino. The National Trust soon bought it and decided to restore it and take care of what was left of the wall.

Not far from Hadrian’s Wall lies an area on which to settle, and a hotel can be found nearby for temporary tourists. For those who like simple things, there are the usual village houses, and for those who like convenience, hotels will do. Tourists and travelers can not only approach the berm, but even climb it, although it is not advisable to do so.