HADRIANVS
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The inspection itinerary

From the Tyne to the Nile

Half a reign in motion. Click a node — or the list — to follow the journey, one leg at a time. Each dashed leg is the schematic sweep, not an exact route.

By the evidence
inscription-anchored
ancient source
archaeology
debated / lead
inferred route (schematic)
No precise route survives for most legs. The line shows that he moved, not exactly where.
The itinerary
The frontier itself

The Wall Corridor

Segedunum on the Tyne to the Solway — the surveyed wall line and the forts along it. Hadrianic policy, by the chain of command; the designer is unknown.

On the line
the Wall line (survey path)
fort (17)
Wall line & forts from survey geojson (OSM / curated). Milecastle ticks evenly spaced — schematic. 73 modern miles · 80 Roman.
Through timePick a moment…and the map answers — some moments light a place, others just mark the year. This timeline runs through time, not from one end to the other.
Along the Wall — one image in focus, the rest stilled · click a place to pin it on the map
The eastern end

Wallsend, Not Tynemouth

The built curtain ends at Segedunum. Newcastle may belong to an earlier plan; Arbeia belongs to supply; Tynemouth belongs to a tempting but unsupported story.

Confidence
high-confidence archaeology
debated phasing model
searched / unsupported
known built corridor
supply relationship
No confirmed curtain, milecastle, turret, ditch or Vallum is known east of Segedunum on the north bank.