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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire

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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Hadrian's Wall between Cam Beck and Newtown Farm, wall miles 56–57


🕐 2 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 15:12

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📋 Fast Facts
  • Constructed beginning AD 122 under Emperor Hadrian
  • Marked the northern boundary of Roman Britain
  • Stone and turf construction, approximately 3 metres thick in stone sections
  • Part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site, inscribed 1987

This section of Hadrian's Wall, located between Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57 ...

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