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What was the primary purpose of Hadrian's Wall? Did this role change over time? The Roman Wall, which runs 72 miles from the Tyne Estuary to the Solway Firth, is certainly evidence of the Romans power, influence and engineering skills within Britain. At the time of the Romans the fortification, which was over 14ft high and 8ft wide in places, would have been a striking structure in vast contrast to the land around it. However it is unclear as to what the walls primary purpose was, with arguments ranging from a defensive structure to keep the Scottish tribes from the Romanised South, to an example of the Romans purely portraying the vast amount of power and wealth they had to their invaded country. The first idea on the Walls primary function is arguably that of the Venerable Bede. He believed that the Wall was purely a defensive structure designed to...

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