Photos reveal Hadrian's history

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Photos reveal Hadrian's history

Archaeologists have uncovered 2,700 previously unrecorded historic features along the length of Hadrian's Wall by studying thousands of aerial pictures.

The English Heritage experts found ancient burial mounds, medieval sheep farms and 19th Century lead mines.

They were working from more than 30,500 pictures taken during the past 60 years as part of a push to map and interpret archaeological sites across England.

From here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/7747922.stm).

I would love to see Hadrian's Wall.

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Most of it you would not recognise unless someone pointed it out to you these days, a bit like Offa's Dyke on the England-Wales border. There are some parts that have been rebuilt, including a Roman fort I believe.

Still, there is something special about walking around such sites, at least for me, I feel a kind of connexion with the past.