- DURATION 60 mins
Event Description
Hadrian's Wall is the greatest structure the Romans built in Britannia and arguably within the Empire itself. Stretching for 73 miles between Bowness-on-Solway and Wallsend, it was far more than just a wall, and contained a whole suite of military defences both along and across it.
Join me on a detective's journey along three sections of this impressive Roman construction to discover the hidden clues in the landscape and reveal the secrets of Hadrian's Wall.
In Part 1 (December 2022), we travelled from Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle, meeting the first African community to be recorded in Britain and uncovering evidence of local Iron Age gods.
In Part 2 (5th January), we will trace the outline of the Roman fort at Stanwix (now hidden under tarmac and buildings), uncover evidence of the military bathhouse associated with this fort, and use modern techniques to reveal what features lie beneath the ground.
In Part 3 (2nd February), we will be journeying further to the east, enjoying our first sight of the impressive vallum at full width, encountering curious carvings in the Wall and understanding the various techniques used by the Romans to build monumental structures.
- Duration: 60 mins
- Online Zoom event: Join from your computer, phone or tablet (no replay available)
Meet the Host, Anna Gray
Anna is a Blue Badge Tourist Guide for Cumbria, specialising in personalised tours of Carlisle, Hadrian's Wall and the Lake District. During 2020, Anna began to offer virtual tours (VTs) as a way for people to enjoy learning without the risk of catching Covid, but now recognises how useful VTs are as a means of sharing information, particularly for those who cannot physically access places.
Anna has a wealth of information on all aspects of Cumbria, with much acquired through her other side-line of producing interpretation material in the form of panels, leaflets and booklets, usually on historic or natural history subjects.
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