The Hadrian Wall is a stone and peat fortification, built in the II century during the Roman Empire, under the emperor Hadrian. A wall was built across the island of Great Britain to prevent the Caledonians from raiding the north, and to protect the British province south of the wall. The Adrian Wall, also called the Roman Wall, stretches 117 kilometers in length, is approximately 4.5 meters in height, 2.5 to 3 meters wide and crosses Northern England from one coast to another. It is made of stones, the total volume of which exceeds 750 billion cubic meters - even for the then scale of the Roman Empire, it was a project of incredible scope. Archaeologists and historians have argued for centuries about the purpose of this wall, and with each new stage of excavation, discussions resume with renewed vigor. However, one of the biographers of the Roman emperor Hadrian gives on this account a very simple and, apparently, comprehensive explanation: the emperor erected this fortification in order to isolate himself from the barbarians. Over the entire length of the shaft, observation towers stood at certain intervals, and 16 forts were located behind them. In the southern part of the Hadrian's Wall, along the road to Steingate, there are two particularly noteworthy places - Corbridge and Vindolanda. There are interesting museums in both settlements where wonderful archaeological finds are kept. Museum expositions tell about the centuries-old history of the wall, about how it was used, about the legal and property relations that prevailed in these places. So, for example, in a wooden box, found in 1964 during excavations in Corbridge, there were Roman weapons of the 2nd century AD e. In Vindoland, a Roman fort still stands in the same place where it was once built. The art of modern restorers helps visitors to appreciate how serious and effective a defensive barrier the wall erected by the Romans was. However, the most sensational find of these places was a collection of wooden tablets that kept records of supplies and the "personnel" of the Roman army. Over the following centuries, Adrianov rampart was mainly used by the local population as a quarry - in the district and today you can see many buildings made of "Roman stone", and in places it was essentially completely dismantled.