Trip of the week: walking into the past on Hadrian’s Wall

This year marks the 1,900th anniversary of the ancient wall

Hadrian’s Wall
Part of Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland on the Scottish border
(Image credit: StockSolutions/Getty Images)

Stretching across Cumbria and Northumberland, from coast to coast, Hadrian’s Wall formed the northwest frontier of the Roman empire for almost 300 years. This year is its 1,900th anniversary: the Emperor Hadrian came to Britain to build it in AD122, says Sean Newsom in The Times.

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