Hadrian's Wall

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Roman defensive fortification UNESCO World Heritage Site frontier wall

Hadrian's Wall is a monumental Roman defensive fortification in northern England that marked the empire’s northern frontier in Britain.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hadrian’s Wall	5
Hadrian's Wall (selected sites)	1
Hadrian's Wall frontier system	1
Hadrian’s Wall frontier system	1
Housesteads Roman Fort	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman defensive fortification ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ frontier wall ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf	Hadrian ⓘ surface form: Emperor Hadrian
constructedBy	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman legion ⓘ surface form: Roman army
constructionStart	AD 122 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
endPoint	Bowness-on-Solway ⓘ
era	Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ surface form: Roman Britain
follows	northern frontier of Roman Britain ⓘ
hasPart	forts ⓘ milecastles ⓘ turrets ⓘ vallum ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Scheduled Monument ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Latin ⓘ
knownFor	extensive archaeological remains ⓘ marking the northern limit of the Roman Empire in Britain ⓘ
length	about 117 kilometres ⓘ about 73 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ Cumbria ⓘ England ⓘ Northern England ⓘ Northumberland ⓘ Tyne and Wear ⓘ
maintainedBy	English Heritage ⓘ National Trust ⓘ
materialUsed	stone ⓘ turf ⓘ
namedAfter	Hadrian ⓘ Hadrian ⓘ surface form: Roman emperor Hadrian
parallelStructure	Antonine Wall ⓘ
partOf	Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site ⓘ Limes Germanicus ⓘ surface form: Roman limes system
purpose	border control ⓘ defensive fortification ⓘ symbolic frontier of the Roman Empire ⓘ
significantPlace	Birdoswald Roman Fort ⓘ Chesters Roman Fort ⓘ Hadrian's Wall self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Housesteads Roman Fort Segedunum Roman Fort ⓘ Vindolanda ⓘ
startPoint	Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ surface form: Wallsend
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Empire → border → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

Northumberland → contains → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

Roman army → defended → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

Britannia (Roman province) → fortification → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

North East England → hasLandmark → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

Northern England → hasLandmark → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

Carlisle → hasNearbyWorldHeritageSite → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site → hasPart → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadrian’s Wall

Vindolanda → locatedNear → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

Chesters Roman Fort → locatedOn → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

English Heritage → manages → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadrian's Wall (selected sites)

Britannia (Roman province) → northernFrontier → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

Hadrian → notableWork → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site → originalComponent → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadrian’s Wall

Birdoswald Roman Fort → partOf → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadrian’s Wall

Birdoswald Roman Fort → partOf → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadrian’s Wall frontier system

Chesters Roman Fort → partOf → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadrian's Wall frontier system

Segedunum Roman Fort → partOf → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadrian’s Wall

Pennine Way → passesNear → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

Antonine Wall → precededBy → Hadrian's Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadrian’s Wall

Hadrian's Wall → significantPlace → Hadrian's Wall self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Housesteads Roman Fort