Hadrianrsquos wall stretches across the spine of england from the north east coast to the irish sea the line of the frontier extends for over 100 miles 160 km through every type of landscape from the streets of urban tyneside through arable fields along the crags of the wild whin sill to the sands of the solway and down the coast of cumbriathis scanned print of the original from 39the roman wall39 by john collingwood bruce 1805ndash92 first published in 1851 shows the plan of t