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Hadrian’s Wall

Hadrian’s Wall. By: Kayla Maurer, Shawna Webber, and Drew Yeselski. Facts. 80 roman miles about 73 modern miles. How long is the Wall?. Who built it ?. Emperor Hadrian & was extended by Emperor Severus a century later. What is it made out of?.

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Hadrian’s Wall

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  1. Hadrian’s Wall By: Kayla Maurer, Shawna Webber, and Drew Yeselski

  2. Facts 80 roman miles about 73 modern miles • How long is the Wall? • Who built it? Emperor Hadrian & was extended by Emperor Severus a century later. • What is it made out of? The 42 miles of the Eastern section was the first to be built using stone The stone wall had two outer faces of dressed stone and contained a centre of rubble and mortar The 31 miles Western section was initially built using turf - to hasten the completion of the barrier.. Many parts of the turf wall were later replaced with stone

  3. Facts cont. • What is the Wall’s purpose? To separate the Romans from the Barbarians & control the movement of the Picts. • When did the construction start & finish? 122 AD & six years later it was finished

  4. The dimensions of the wall is..15 feet high & 8 feet wide Does the wall still remain..Much of the “mile stations” still remain What are mile stations ?Mile stations are stone block houses along the wall constructed every Roman mile One of the largest & most significant remains left by the Romans First of two fortifications built across Great Britian.

  5. Starting & ending point. North Sea to the Irish sea. Its name comes from.. The emperor at the time Hadrian Splits the northern boundary & the defense line of Roman Britian

  6. What happened to the wall.. Frontier defences were neglected and money stopped arriving from Rome. Eventually the Roman Army was withdrawn from Britain, and the wall was abandoned. Eventually local people started using it as a stone quarry, and stone was carted off to make houses. However much still remains, particularly in the wilder central sections, where there was little population to remove stone

  7. Facts: A huge fortified gateway which Roman soldiers used to go on patrol to the north of Hadrian’s Wall. The Milecastles were also used to control people who passed through the Wall 16 Roman forts were built along the wall - these forts could house up to 800 Roman troops and afforded even greater control across the boundary The Roman forts consisted of a Commanders headquarters, houses, hospital, workshops, barracks, granaries, stables and a prison

  8. Turrets were small towers extending above the Wall From the numerous turrets the Roman soldiers could keep watch over the surrounding countryside The Forts, Milecastles and Turrets enabled Roman soldiers to watch what was happening along the whole length of the border On the north side of the Wall a deep defensive ditch was dug - ensuring that the wall could only be crossed through the Roman controlled Milecastles or Forts The Turrets housed Garrisons of up to 4 troops The Milecastles housed Garrisons of up to 60 troops The Roman Forts housed Garrisons of up to 800 troops

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