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After the fall of the [[Roman Empire]], much of the stone from the wall was taken and reused building local [[churches]] and abbeys, as well as housing and farmsteads. However, Roman remains exist at points along the route – including a substantial length in the central, upland section. Sections of the Wall are preserved (though not at the original height of around 20 ft), and forts like Housesteads, Chesters and Birdoswald are some of the most outstanding visible remains of the [[Roman Empire]].
After the fall of the [[Roman Empire]], much of the stone from the wall was taken and reused building local [[churches]] and abbeys, as well as housing and farmsteads. However, Roman remains exist at points along the route – including a substantial length in the central, upland section. Sections of the Wall are preserved (though not at the original height of around 20 ft), and forts like Housesteads, Chesters and Birdoswald are some of the most outstanding visible remains of the [[Roman Empire]].
== Misconceptions ==
A misconception that both aids and has been aided by the common colloquialism "north of Hadrian's Wall" to refer to [[Scotland]], is that Hadrian's Wall is, or at least was, the [[Anglo-Scottish border]]. The wall dates from a time prior to the existence the English or Scottish nations, and has never formed a political border between the two.
== See also ==
== See also ==