Roman Mithraeum

Hadrian's Wall

Folder: Roman Britain
Built around AD122 in the reign of Hadrian the wall stretches 80 Roman miles (73.5 statute miles or 117 kilometres) from coast to coast in northern England.

Photos taken between Sept 2006 and November 2014.
Roman Mithraeum

Roman Mithraeum

10 Sep 2006 122
Used for the worship of Mithras - the most important of the cults imported into the Roman world from India and Persia. This one is at Carrawburgh, near Hadrian's Wall. The altars are copies - the originals are in the Great North Museum in Newcastle
Mithraic Altars

Mithraic Altars

17 Nov 2014 161
These are the original altars from the Mithraic Temple at Carrawburgh on Hadrian's Wall. Great North Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
Hadrian's Wall at Segedunum

Hadrian's Wall at Segedunum

10 Oct 2004 213
Reconstructed section of the wall to illustrate what it may have looked like. The real thing (now levelled to the ground in this area) is just in front of the reconstruction (near Segedunum Fort in Wallsend). Hadrian's Wall was built in about 120AD during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian - it marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain (Britannia). At Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend, UK.
Hadrian's Wall at Housesteads Fort

Hadrian's Wall at Housesteads Fort

26 Jun 2005 154
Hadrian's Wall joins Housesteads Roman Fort, Northumberland.
Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

25 Apr 2009 121
Knag Burn gateway.
Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

25 Apr 2009 107
The 'Clayton Wall' - looking toward Sewingshields.
Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

25 Apr 2009 94
The 'Clayton Wall' - looking toward Sewingshields.
Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

25 Apr 2009 98
The 'Clayton Wall' - looking toward Sewingshields.
Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

25 Apr 2009 105
The 'Clayton Wall' - looking toward Sewingshields.
Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

25 Apr 2009 1 128
To the west of Housesteads fort where the path runs on the top of the wall.
Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

25 Apr 2009 119
Looking west toward Steel Rigg.
Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

25 Apr 2009 149
Where it joins Housesteads Fort.
Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

25 Apr 2009 154
The Knag Burn Gateway
Hadrian's Wall Inscription

Hadrian's Wall Inscription

26 Jul 2009 184
coh(ortis) III c(enturia) Socelliana The Socellian century from the third cohort [built this] This stone is from Hadrian’s Wall recording its building (from the ‘Name set in Stone’ exhibition at Segedunum Roman Fort).
Hadrian's Wall Inscription

Hadrian's Wall Inscription

26 Jul 2009 138
leg(ionis) VI Vic(tricis) c(enturia) Severi p(edes) CII The century of […..] Severus of the Sixth Legion Victrix [built] 102 feet This stone from one of the forts records the building of about 30m of wall. (from the ‘Name set in Stone’ exhibition at Segedunum Roman Fort).
Hadrian's Wall Inscription

Hadrian's Wall Inscription

26 Jul 2009 157
coh(ortis) I Dacor(um) c(enturia) Ael(i) Dida(e) From the first cohort of Dacians, the century of Aelius Dida [built this] Found set into an earth bank - part of the vallum, the earthwork defence on the southern side of Hadrian’s Wall. (from the ‘Name set in Stone’ exhibition at Segedunum Roman Fort).
Walking the Wall

Walking the Wall

02 Aug 2009 103
Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England.
Cawfields Quarry

Cawfields Quarry

02 Aug 2009 95
Hadrian's Wall was slowly being destroyed by quarrying at Cawfields until a preservation order put a stop to it. Today the site of the quarry is a small picturesque lake (right).
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