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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire

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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Hadrian's Wall and vallum, Wall Mile 11, Throckley to Heddon-on-the-Wall


🕐 3 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 19:36

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📋 Fast Facts
  • Constructed under Emperor Hadrian around AD 122
  • Marks the northern frontier of Roman Britain and the empire's boundary
  • Wall Mile 11 spans Throckley to East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall
  • Features stone wall, vallum (earthwork), turrets, and milecastles

This section of Hadrian's Wall represents one of the most significant surviving monuments of Roman frontier engineering in ...

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