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[[Image:Hadrian's Wall.gif|thumb|At Milecastle 42, Cawfields.]]
[[Image:Hadrian's Wall.gif|thumb|At Milecastle 42, Cawfields.]]
'''Hadrian's Wall''', also called "the Roman Wall," was a [[border wall]] built by the Romans across [[Britain]] in the 2nd century AD, to mark and defend their northern frontier from [[Picts|Pictish]] incursions (an alternative theory is that is was not primarily a defensive structure but a tax barrier). The [[Roman Emperor]] [[Hadrian]] visited Britain in AD 122, and the wall began construction around the time of his visit, and upon his orders.
'''Hadrian's Wall''', also called the "Roman Wall" or "Picts' Wall," was a [[border wall]] built by the Romans across [[Britain]] in the 2nd century AD to mark and defend their northern frontier from [[Picts|Pictish]] incursions (an alternative theory is that is was not primarily a defensive structure but a tax barrier). The [[Roman Emperor]] [[Hadrian]] visited Britain in AD 122, and the wall began construction around the time of his visit, and upon his orders.
It stretched across northern England from [[Wallsend]], near the mouth of the River Tyne, in the east to [[Bowness on Solway]], at the [[Solway Firth]], in the west. It formed the northern boundary of the Roman Empire, though a subsequent temporary northward advance took them as far as the [[Antonine Wall]]. It had milecastles spaced at a distance of every Roman mile, and two small turrets between each of these. Later, large forts shaped like playing cards were also built at intervals along the Wall. The name of the last battle that [[King Arthur]] (allegedly) fought, Camlann, may derive from Camboglanna, one of the Roman fort names on the western part of the Wall.
It stretched across northern England from [[Wallsend]], near the mouth of the River Tyne, in the east to [[Bowness on Solway]], at the [[Solway Firth]], in the west. It formed the northern boundary of the Roman Empire, though a subsequent temporary northward advance took them as far as the [[Antonine Wall]]. It had milecastles spaced at a distance of every Roman mile, and two small turrets between each of these. Later, large forts shaped like playing cards were also built at intervals along the Wall. The name of the last battle that [[King Arthur]] (allegedly) fought, Camlann, may derive from Camboglanna, one of the Roman fort names on the western part of the Wall.