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| | HADRIANS WALL HISTORY |
 | | The Wall conceived by Hadrian was to be ten feet wide and about fifteen feet high, faced front and rear with carefully cut stones set in mortar, with an infill of rubble and lime cement or sometimes, puddled clay. |
 | | The foundations of Hadrian's ten-foot wide Wall were laid from Newcastle-upon-Tyne eastward for 23 Roman miles to Chesters in Northumberland, thereafter, apart from a few short lengths further west, the wall is reduced to eight or sometimes, six feet in width. |
 | | In the infantry forts, the Wall itself generally formed the northern defences of the camp, which projected wholly to the south, as is the case with the Milecastles and turrets. |
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