Well, we have places to go and more to see all on this same day, so we left Castle Douglas and Threave Castle and headed east to Hadrian's Wall! It was built beginning in A.D. 122, ordered by the Roman Emperor Hadrian. (Roman invasion of Britain began about A.D. 43) It is not clear what the purpose of building the wall was, but it is possible that it was built so Rome could keep out the 'barbarians'. It is not thought that it was a border between Scotland and England. It runs east to west along the southern portion of Scotland. At one time it was as much as 12 feet high in some places and as much as 20 feet high in other places, while being up to 6 feet wide. Can you imagine the work involved in building such a massive wall - and the great protection it would be as well.
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| From here, you could see your enemies approaching! |
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| A magnificent old tree along our walk to the wall. |
There is a rock quarry along the river that is visible on the walk up the hill to the Wall.
