Monday, August 15, 2016

Great Wall

After exploring the castles in Wales and Northern England we have learned that the regions have been at conflict even during the time of when the Romans ruled the area 2000 years ago.

We visited the largest remaining section of Hadrian wall.  This wall used to go across northern England which was also the northern limit of the Roman Empire. The wall was over 20 feet high, with a deep ditch in front and small castles every mile or so.  It was in place for hundreds of of years till the fall of the Roman Empire. The wall was then slowly dismantled by the locals and the stones were used to build private residences or small walls to define their property lines.

It's amazing to see life going on next to the remains of this 2000 year old wall.  Cars whiz by as it could be just another stone wall in England and cows and sheep rub against it to scratch an itch.


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