Hadrian’S Wall was built by the Romans to fend off warring northern tribes – but today the valuable icon could face being vulnerable to damage of a different kind.

Stretching 73 miles from coast to coast, Hadrian’s Wall has become a tourism hotspot. But now this UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of our ancient treasures, is under threat because of a delay to a new heritage payments scheme for farmers.

And this delay has led to the National Trust warning that monuments, including Hadrian’s Wall, are being put at risk.

The accusation by the Trust, claiming that the Government were ‘downplaying the importance of heritage’, came as a number of events were announced this week for a historic festival to mark the anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall.

A year of exhibitions, plays, crafts, talks and walks is underway to celebrate the 1900th birthday of Hadrian’s Wall.

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Organisers have already planned more than 50 events which aim to transport participants back to the year 122AD – when the wall’s construction began under the Roman Emperor Hadrian (for more information on these visit 1900.hadrianswallcountry.co.uk).

And as historians were getting ready to celebrate 1,900 years of Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site taking place a little-known section of the Wall running between Tarraby and Houghton, was unveiled last weekend.

The new fragment of Hadrian’s Wall lies in a 23-acre field purchased in November 2020 by well-respected farmer, Susan Aglionby, who pledged the land would remain in the family and would never be built on.

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