• Building The Wall: An Enthusiast’s Guide to HADRIAN’S WALL

  • Apr 11 2024
  • Length: 58 mins
  • Podcast

Building The Wall: An Enthusiast’s Guide to HADRIAN’S WALL

  • Summary

  • Marching 73 miles from coast to coast across the narrowest neck of England, Hadrian’s Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire for nearly 300 years and yet there is still so much we don’t know about it: only 5% of the wall has been excavated and 7% is viable today. Tony is joined by leading archaeologist Richard Hingley and Collections Curator for Hadrian's Wall and the North East at English Heritage, Frances McIntosh, to give him the low down on how and why Hadrian’s Wall was built, by whom and what it means to us today.


    Hosted by Sir Tony Robinson


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    Prof. Richard Hingley | https://richardhingley1.wordpress.com/

    Professor Emeritus in Archaeology at Durham University. An expert on Hadrian’s Wall, Richard is the author of Conquering the Ocean: The Roman Conquest of Britain (Oxford University Press) and Hadrian’s Wall: A life, (Oxford University Press). https://global.oup.com/academic/product/conquering-the-ocean-9780190937416?cc=gb&lang=en& | https://academic.oup.com/book/27846.

    Dr. Frances McIntosh | @englishHeritage | @wallcurator

    Collections Curator for Hadrian's Wall and the North East at English Heritage. An archaeologist by training, Frances specialises in Roman small finds, having completed her PhD on the Clayton Collection material, on display at Chesters.

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    Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg

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