by Karen Warren | United Kingdom
If you’re walking the Hadrian’s Wall Path, you might be tempted to skip the first few miles, the part that goes through the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. After all, apart from the Roman fort of Segedunum, at the start of the trail, there is no Wall to be seen until you...
by Karen Warren | United Kingdom
The trip back in time begins as soon as you step out of the Metro. All the signs are in two languages: English and Latin. This is Wallsend, literally the end of Hadrian’s Wall, and home to Segedunum Roman Fort, which guarded the Wall and the entrance to the River...
by Karen Warren | United Kingdom
Older even than nearby Hadrian’s Wall, Vindolanda Roman Fort is the most important Roman site in Britain. It has been a source of inspiration to historians and archaeologists for centuries, and has been a fruitful source of artefacts and information about Roman...
by Karen Warren | United Kingdom
If the idea of walking from one side of a country to another seems like a challenge, just imagine what it must have been like for the Romans who built a heavily fortified wall over the same distance. Fortunately, the Hadrian’s Wall Path stretches across the...
