Vercovicium
Housesteads
The most complete Roman fort in Britain, riding the basalt crags of the Whin Sill.
73
Miles
80
Milecastles
16
Forts
II
Counties
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or browse the full archive belowWalk the Wall
Swipe the frontier west to east, fort by fort — the simplest way to feel its length and meet the great sites.
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See the Roman world
Press play and watch the empire grow — then ride with Hadrian from Rome all the way to the Wall.
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Meet the people
A birthday invitation, a deed of sale, gods carried from Syria — the human frontier in its own words.
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The garrison forts
All 35 forts →Vindolanda
Chesterholm
Gave us the oldest handwriting in Britain — the Vindolanda tablets, scratched in ink.
Cilurnum
Chesters
The best-preserved cavalry fort on the Wall, with its bath-house above the river.
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The whole frontier, sourcedPlaces
The Roman World
Map the empire — capitals, cities, fortresses and battles, Britain to Syria.
Story
The Journey
Swipe the Wall west to east, fort by fort.
Story
Timeline
From Caesar to Sycamore Gap — the whole span.
Story
After Rome
The frontier's afterlife — Bernicia, Bamburgh, Bede.
Story
Roman World Timeline
753 BC to the fall of the west — the arc that frames the Wall.
Places
The Lost Wall
The buried eastern miles, under roads and shipyards.
People
People & gods
The garrison, named individuals and their gods.
People
Voices from Vindolanda
The tablets — birthday invites, beer, a deed of sale.
People
Daily Life
Health, food, families — the human reality.
Reference
Inscriptions
The stones that name the Wall and its people.
Reference
The Library
Every fact's trail — the sources behind the site.