Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall has been designated a World Heritage Site since 1987 and in 2005 was also incorporated into a wider UNESCO category - the Frontiers of the Roman Empire.It is also the basis for an 84 mile National Trail.The book will cover not only the full length of Hadrian's Wall from the Solway Firth to Wallsend on Tyneside, but also other places of historical, landscape or architectural merit to the north and south of the actual Wall itself.Chapter One Background and HistoryChapter Two The Solway CoastChapter Three Carlisle to BirdoswaldChapter Four Birdoswald to CawfieldsChapter Five Cawfields to HousesteadsChapter Six Housesteads to ChestersChapter Seven Living HistoryChapter Eight Chesters to Heddon-on-the-WallChapter Nine Heddon to WallsendChapter Ten Archeology and Conservation