Hadrian's Wall: a life

A living wall

Hadrian's Wall

Part I: Pict's wall. Heavenfield : Christian inspirations ; Lanercost Priory : the wall and the English border ; Ellenborough (Maryport) : recognizing Roman civility in the border landscape

Part II: The Roman wall. Castlesteads : reviving interest in the wall ; Newcastle and Carlisle : reconstructing the Roman wall ; The Mithraeum at Borcovicium (Housesteads) : reasons to be cheerful? ; Wallington Hall : native troops on the wall ; The Clayton wall : 'a new era in antiquarian research'

Part III: Hadrian's Wall. The Roman gate at Hunnum (Halton Chesters) : ethnographic time ; Birdoswald : scientific archaeology ; Whin Sill : defending ancient springs ; The gateway at South Shields : the Romanization of Tyneside ; The Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail : the inclusive monument

Conclusions: The archaeological imagination

Appendix I: Published accounts of the wall

Table I: Hadrian's Wall : a timeline.