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Hadrians wall makeover

Started by Imperial Dave, July 30, 2022, 07:38:01 PM

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Imperial Dave

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Jim Webster

Quote from: Holly on July 30, 2022, 07:38:01 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62330507

Somewhat colourful......

"we wanted a meaningful way to connect people of 2022 back to AD122."

So I'll mark it down as a 'fail' then  ;)

Imperial Dave

well.....its a work in progress.....
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Erpingham

A few more illustrations of the artwork and its construction on the EH website

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hadrians-wall/art-installation-housesteads/

It is interesting to see a full-sized expression of the size of a fort gate in that position.  Housesteads is rather flat and its hard to get an impression of how impressive it would have looked on the ridge there. 


Imperial Dave

would love them to do a reconstruction for real afterwards mind.....
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Anton

Quote from: Holly on July 31, 2022, 10:58:54 AM
would love them to do a reconstruction for real afterwards mind.....

That would be good and so it's very unlikely to occur to them.

Imperial Dave

agreed. Still we can but hope!
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