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Wide and Exposed  
   

Wide and Exposed

Walked along the exposed Wall for well over a mile... UK still in miles...and I calculate my milage every day in kilometers.
Walking Hadrian's Wall

September 26th 2017
Built on the orders of Hadrian after he became Roman emperor and visited by him in AD122, the Wall defined the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire, covering 73 miles from east to west. It boasted 80 milecastles with two turrets between each, 17 larger forts and a defensive earthwork, the Vallum, to the south. Abandoned briefly shortly after it was built, it was in active use for some 300 years ... read more
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Tot: 0.014s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 5; qc: 4; dbt: 0.0032s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1mb