Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall has been designated a World Heritage Site since 1987 and in 2005 was also incorporated into a wider UNESCO category - the Frontiers of the Roman Empire. It is also the basis for an 84 mile National Trail. The book will cover not only the full length of Hadrian's Wall from the Solway Firth to Wallsend on Tyneside, but also other places of historical, landscape or architectural merit to the north and south of the actual Wall itself. Chapter One Background and History Chapter Two The Solway Coast Chapter Three Carlisle to Birdoswald Chapter Four Birdoswald to Cawfields Chapter Five Cawfields to Housesteads Chapter Six Housesteads to Chesters Chapter Seven Living History Chapter Eight Chesters to Heddon-on-the-Wall Chapter Nine Heddon to Wallsend Chapter Ten Archeology and Conservation… (more)