Great Whittington

Great Whittington

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Great Whittington
latitude= 55.031
longitude= -1.993
population =
shire_district= Tynedale
region= North East England
shire_county = Northumberland
constituency_westminster= Hexham
post_town= NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
postcode_district = NE19
postcode_area= NE
dial_code= 01434
os_grid_reference= NZ004708

Great Whittington is a village in Northumberland, England. [Philip's Motorist's Atlas: 2004, Octopus Publishing Group, London, England]

Early history

Geat Whittington lies near the course of the ancient Hadrian's Wall, one of the most noted Roman monuments in Britain. The history of this wall forms the earliest recorded history of the Great Whittington vicinity. The length of Hadrian's Wall is 117 kilometres, spanning the width of Britannia; the wall incorporated Agricola's Ditch [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18177 C.Michael Hogan (2007) "Hadrian's Wall", ed. A. Burnham, The Megalithic Portal] ] and was constructed primarily to prevent harrying by small bands of raiders and unwanted immigration from the north, not as a fighting front for a significant invasion. [Stephen Johnson (2004) "Hadrian's Wall", Sterling Publishing Company, Inc, 128 pages, ISBN 0713488409]

ee also

*Halton
*Matfen

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