Hadrians wall makeover

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62330507

Somewhat colourful......

[Jim Webster]

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.....

[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.....

[Anton]

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!