Vindolanda was more than a military outpost - it was a vibrant community at the northern fringe of the Roman Empire. This documentary explores the archaeology and history of Vindolanda, revealing how ...

Matthew Paris’ 13th-century map showing Hadrian’s Wall and the later Antonine Wall to its north. In Rome itself, the emperor sponsored numerous building projects, ...

A 90-year-old woman who walked the entire length of Hadrain's Wall for charity says the challenge was "tough and then even tougher". Mary Nicholson, from Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, raised more than ...

When looking at a map of Hadrian’s Wall, many people wrongly suppose that it follows the border between England and Scotland. In fact, when the wall was built in 122 CE, the nations of England ...

FILE – A general view of the stars above Sycamore Gap, prior to the Perseid Meteor Shower above Hadrian’s Wall near Bardon Mill, England, on Aug. 13, 2015.

Hadrian’s Wall in modern-day England marked one of the northern borders of the Roman Empire. But excavations along the wall are bringing to light a hidden history of the army and the Roman ...

The Mirror's Siobhan celebrates the monument's 1,900th birthday. Last summer, she set off to trek Hadrian's Wall with four other adults and five teenagers, including her daughter ...

When a famous British tree was “deliberately felled” in September, pictures showed the trunk lying, horizontal, over part of Britain’s Roman-built Hadrian’s Wall. The tree, located in the ...

Hadrian's Wall runs across the north of the UK from coast to coast and remains one of the largest ancient monuments in Northern Europe. You will be required to pay the non-refundable registration fee ...

The Sycamore Gap tree grew in a gully along Hadrian's Wall, thriving in a landscape of rocks and grass. It became a well-loved icon, featured on postcards and even in Kevin Costner's 1991 film ...

A multicultural melting pot. Hadrian, who ordered the wall to be built in 122CE after a visit to Britannia, had a different vision of empire than his predecessors, says Frances McIntosh, curator ...

Hadrian's Wall 2nd Century souvenir on show for anniversary. 8 September 2022. ... One of the earliest-known souvenirs from Hadrian's Wall is on display as part of its 1,900th anniversary.