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Hadrian's Wall bronze plaque

Commemorative plaque

Overview

Hadrian's Wall bronze plaque is recorded as Commemorative plaque in England Newcastle Upon Tyne. This bronze commemorative plaque records: Hadrian's Wall. Within this plot, covered by red concrete stand the lower courses of the south face of Hadrian's wall built first in A.D.

Why it was made

The saved account records: This bronze commemorative plaque records: Hadrian's Wall.

People and events

The saved account records: Within this plot, covered by red concrete stand the lower courses of the south face of Hadrian's wall built first in A.D.

How it worked

The saved account records: 122 from Newcastle Upon Tyne to Bowness on Solway, and afterwards extended to Wallsend, a distance in all of 80 Roman miles.

What remains

The saved account records: The wall was here 10 feet wide, built with ashlar faces and rubble core and is considered to have been 15 feet high to the rampart walk.

Why it mattered

Hadrian's Wall bronze plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: Hadrian's Wall. Within this plot, covered by red concrete stand the lower courses of the south face of Hadrian's wall built first in A.D. 122 from Newcastle Upon Tyne to Bowness on Solway, and afterwards extended to Wallsend, a distance in all of 80 Roman miles. The wall was here 10 feet wide, built with ashlar faces and rubble core and is considered to have been 15 feet high to the rampart walk. The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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