UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Lowlands
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall — defensive fortification in Roman Britain.
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Hadrian's Wall is a unesco in lowlands. (Defensive fortification in Roman Britain.) Wikipedia notes: "Hadrian's Wall is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Running from Wallsend on the River Tyne in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west of what is now northern England, it was a stone wall with large ditches in front and behind, stretching across the whole width of the island.". Coordinates 55.0242°, -2.2925°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 55.0242, -2.2925
- Official site
- www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q57357 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hadrian's Wall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Section of Hadrian's Wall 1.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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