An introduction to Hadrian's Wall: one hundred questions about the Roman wall answered
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| adam_text | Contents
Introduction
viii
Building
the Wall
1.
When was Hadrian s Wall built?
1
2.
Why was it built?
1
3.
Who built it?
1
4.
What are the ancient sources?
2
5.
Was there anything there before the Wall was built?
3
6.
What did the surrounding landscape look like when the Wall was built?
3
7.
What are the main components of the Wall?
3
8.
How long did it take to build?
3
9.
Where was the stone quarried?
4
10.
Is the ditch continuous?
4
11.
How much earth was dug from the ditch?
4
12.
How long did it take to dig the ditch?
4
13.
Is the curtain wall continuous?
5
14.
Who designed it?
5
15.
Who supervised it?
5
16.
What was the curtain wall built from?
5
17.
How was it built?
6
18.
Where did the Wall builders live?
6
19.
Was it well-built?
6
20.
Did the Wall change during construction?
7
21.
Did the Wall change after it was built?
8
22.
Was it the first frontier in Britain?
8
23.
Was it always the most northerly frontier of Roman Britain?
8
24.
What is the Turf Wall? 8
25.
Why was the Turf Wall built? 9
26.
Does any of the Turf Wall survive?
9
27.
Were turf walls common in the Roman empire?
9
28.
What is the Broad Wall? l °
29.
What is the Narrow Wall? J °
30.
What is the Intermediate Wall? ] °
31.
Where was the eastern terminus?
10
32.
Where was the western terminus?
* 1
33.
How long was Hadrian s Wall?
1 *
34.
What is the Vallum? } ]
35.
Where does the Vallum start and finish?
*
I
36.
Was the Vallum continuous? ^
37.
Were there any forts north of the Wall? 12
38.
What was the Cumbrian Coast system?
12
39.
How much earth was dug from the Vallum?
12
40.
What did the Romans call the Wall?
13
41.
How high was Hadrian
s
Wall?
13
42.
How has geology and terrain affected the course of the Wall?
14
43.
Was Hadrian
s
Wall inspired by the Great Wall of China?
14
Using the Wall
44.
Was it manned by legionnaires?
14
45.
How many forts were there?
15
46.
How big were the forts?
15
47.
Were all the forts built to the same design?
15
48.
How many men were in a fort?
16
49.
How many milecastles were there?
16
50.
What was in a milecastle?
17
51.
How high were milecastles?
17
52.
Did milecastles have towers?
17
53.
How many men were in a milecastle?
17
54.
How many turrets were there?
18
55.
How high were turrets?
18
56.
Did turrets have roofs?
18
57.
How many men were in a turret?
18
58.
Where did the men for the towers and milecastles come from?
18
59.
Was Hadrian s Wall crenelated?
19
60.
Did the Wall have a walkway?
19
61.
Was it painted, plastered, or both?
19
62.
How did the Wall cross rivers and streams?
20
63.
How big was the ditch?
20
64.
What is the
berm?
20
65.
What is the glacis or counterscarp?
20
66.
Was it possible to pass through the Wall?
21
67.
What is the Military Way?
21
68.
Was there another east to west road?
21
69.
What is the Military Road?
22
After the Wall
70.
When was the Wall abandoned?
22
71.
Did Hadrian s Wall ever inspire a cunning Elizabethan plan?
23
72.
Has the Military Road destroyed all of the Wall beneath it?
23
73.
How is the course of the Wall visible when it is not still standing?
24
74.
How much is left?
24
VI
75.
How much of it is reconstructed?
24
76.
Where has it all gone?
25
77.
To whom does it belong?
25
78.
Who looks after it?
25
79.
How is it protected?
26
Visiting the Wall
80.
Can I walk on the Wall?
26
81.
Does the National Trail follow all of the Wall?
26
82.
Where can I find out more about the National Trail?
27
83.
Is the Wall ever excavated?
27
84.
Is everything about the Wall now known?
27
85.
What is the best bit to see?
28
86.
Who provided the first detailed accounts of the Wall?
28
87.
When did tourists first start to visit it?
28
88.
How many tourists visit every year?
29
89.
Where can I see things excavated from the Wall?
29
90.
Where can
Ï
see reconstructions of the Wall?
30
Understanding the Wall
91.
How did the Romans communicate quickly along the Wall?
30
92.
Is there any truth in the stories about speaking tubes?
30
93.
Can you see the Wall from space?
30
94.
How much did it cost the Romans to build?
31
95.
How much would it cost to build now?
31
96.
How much did it weigh?
31
97.
Who devised the Wall Mile numbering system?
32
98.
Why was the western end of the Wall at Bowness-on-Solway?
32
99.
Why was the eastern end of the Wall at
Wallsend? 32
100.
What is the best book to read next?
32
Bibliography
33
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