TODAY we wanted to take a look at the history of Hadrian's Wall.

The wall was the North West frontier of the Roman Empire, it was built by the Roman Army by the orders of emperor Hadrian following his visit to Britain in AD 122.

It is 73 miles long, it crossed northern Britain from Wallsend on the River Tyne in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west.

Hadrian's Wall is the most famous of all the frontiers of the Roman Empire and was made a World Heritage Site in 1987.

For almost 300 years, Hadrian’s Wall was the north-west frontier of an empire that stretched east for 2,500 miles to present-day Iraq, and south for 1,500 miles to the Sahara desert.

The building of Hadrian's Wall began in AD 122 and it is thought that it will have taken around six years to complete.

It is the only Roman frontier built largely in stone, as there was an abundant supply locally.

Whilst the wall was built by legionaries, it was manned by auxiliaries. They were organised into regiments of either 500 or 1,000 strong and either infantry or cavalry or both.

The troops based in the forts and milecastles of the Wall were mostly recruited from the north-western provinces of the Roman empire, though some were from further afield.

The wall is considered to be one of the most dramatic features of the landscape of northern England.

These photos show some of what has gone on at Hadrian's Wall in more recent years.