Hadrian's Wall

On Saturday we drove to Northumberland to see Hadrian's Wall. We spent the night in an old farmhouse called "Green Carts." The lady who lives here also rents space to campers and this evening there were at least half a dozen tents pitched in her fields.

The Roman Emperor Hadrian built this wall to help control the unruly Brits. At intervals along the wall they built forts, where the soldiers, along with their families, lived. The stone foundations of the buildings are all that remain today.



The wall stretched all the way across the country, from coast to coast.



Garold came a long way to see this wall. There is a hiking path along the wall. On this weekend we saw lots of hikers out exploring.



I wonder what Hadrian would think if he knew that now there are only sheep to guard his wall?



This is the latrine at Houstead's Fort. There were wooden seats around the walls, a narrow trough of water that held "cleaning sponges," and a bowl of water for washing hands. It appeared to have a system of aquaducts that were designed to flush.