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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire

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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Hadrian's Wall between Grinsdale and Kirkandrews on Eden, wall miles 68–69


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  • Part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 1987)
  • Built under Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century CE as the northern frontier of Roman Britain
  • This segment comprises wall miles 68–69, containing evidence of Roman milecastles and associated earthworks
  • Located in rural Cumbria, spanning agricultural land between Grinsdale and Kirkandrews on Eden

This section of Hadrian's Wall, stretching between Grinsdale and the field boundary south of St Andrew's Church at ...

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