‘Limestone Corner’, Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland, 27.1.19.This site...

‘Limestone Corner’, Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland, 27.1.19.

This site is the famous location where the landscape frustrated the Roman Empire. Made from dolerite, the rocks were to be broken using metal wedges but they failed to do so, causing the forward fighting ditch of Hadrian’s Wall to be abandoned. Poignantly, the metal driver marks remain in the rock.

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