Cherie's Place » Hadrian’s Wall http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Hadrian’s Wall – Black Carts Turret http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/03/15/hadrians-wall-black-carts-turret/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/03/15/hadrians-wall-black-carts-turret/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2014 21:20:29 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=12560 Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian’s Wall was built by the order of Emperor Hadrian, following his visit to Britain in AD 122.  It was planned as a continuous wall with a milecastle every Roman mile (1.48 kilometres) and two turrets equally spaced between each milecastle.  The wall, with its defensive ditches and large forts, stretched from coast to coast, a distance of 80 Roman miles (approximately 120 kilometres or 75 miles).  It formed the northenmost frontier of the Roman Empire.*

Hadrian's Wall

*Info on the signboard next to Black Carts Turret.

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