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Wallnet: Hadrian's Wall Education Website
URL: http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/wallnet/wall/

Description:
This website uses fairly simple text, photographs, diagrams, and cartoons to tell about the wall that was built in northern England under the orders of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. Includes information about life during the Roman occupation of the area. Also features images of artifacts from the Senhouse Roman Museum collection and virtual tours of the Brigantium and Birdoswald (Roman forts) archeological sites.

Author:
Goodrick, Glyn; O'Brien, Colm

Publisher:
The Museum of Antiquities, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Extra Keywords
world heritage site

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
England -- Antiquities, Roman
Excavations (Archaeology) -- England
Fortification, Roman -- England
Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.
Hadrian's Wall (England)

LII Database Information:
Record 2515 created by Martha Gifford on 10/28/2002
Last modification on 08/10/2009
Published: 10/28/2002  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2515