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- Title
Life of an ancient monument: Hadrian's Wall in history.
- Authors
Hingley, Richard; Witcher, Robert; Nesbitt, Claire; Carver, Martin
- Abstract
The Romans are Britain's favourite invaders, and Hadrian's Wall is among the largest and finest of the relics they left behind on the island. However, as our authors urge, we should demand more intellectual depth from our monuments today. Not simply a cultural asset anchored in the Roman empire, Hadrian's Wall had a busy afterlife, a material history reflecting the uses, attitudes and emotions of later centuries. Its 'biography' not only captures new information about the last two millennia, it offers a story that the modern visitor deserves to hear.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; ENGLAND; HADRIAN'S Wall (England); ROMAN antiquities in Great Britain; HISTORIC sites -- Social aspects; MONUMENTS -- Social aspects; MEDIEVAL architecture; BRITISH history, 1714-1837; HISTORY
- Publication
Antiquity, 2012, Vol 86, Issue 333, p760
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00047906