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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 |