Adrianov shaft (Hadrian's wall) is a fortification in the form of earthworks, built by the Romans in Britain. This is the first of two such fortifications. The second shaft – shaft Antonina was located to the North and not so famous, as survived much worse.

Adrianov the shaft length 80 Roman miles or 120 km, and its Height is varied depending on the location and construction material. To the East of the river Irthing shaft was built of rectangular stones, its width reached 3 meters and a height of 5-6 meters. To the West of the river with the shaft excavation, 6 meters wide and 3. 5 meters tall.

There is a popular opinion that Adrianov shaft runs along the border of England and Scotland. It is not, Adrianov shaft located entirely within the territory of England and is separated from the border less than a kilometer to the West and 110 miles to the East.

The wall was built on the orders of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, which is famous for the fact that during his reign, visited almost all the provinces of the Roman Empire. The construction of the wall began shortly before his visit to Britain in 122 g. n.e. Historians are not agreed about why it was built this wall. Maybe it was to symbolize the power of the Roman Empire. Its functionality as a defensive structure, is questionable, both from a military and economic perspective: whether scattered through the Northern plains pictsie tribes represented such a threat to the Roman Empire, and could the shaft successfully repel their attacks. And cheaper would it just add these lands to the Empire, than to build and maintain such a shaft? After all, it was not just brought to or built of stone wall. At a distance of one Roman mile apart were erected a small building. Along the shaft was built up to 17 full of FORTS and the garrison walls sometimes exceeded 10,000.

After the departure of the Romans from Britain, the shaft collapsed. Large sections of the wall were demolished during the construction of roads in the eighteenth century. But in the mid-nineteenth century, the wall became interested in John Clayton. He began to buy plots of land, where the remains of the shaft so that the locals don't took away the stones for their buildings. Then these lands were purchased by the national trust for the preservation of historical and natural heritage.

In 2003 along the line, where he was Hadrian's wall winds Hiking trail is open.