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This is another car influanced picture I am afraid but thought it was in interesting one because of its historical interest. Scotland was to the right. The wall was also a lot higher than this but has been robbed for various uses. Here is a little history: When the Roman Emperor Hadrian visited Britain in 122 A.D he recognised the difficulties in establishing control in Caledonia and saw that it would be impossible to introduce the Picts to the Roman way of life. The Emperor therefore ordered the construction of a great defensive wall which would mark the northern limits of his empire and consolidate the hold on those parts of Britain already subdued. Hadrian's empire would not include Caledonia!