Talk:Redburn, Northumberland
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[edit]==Early history== Nearby [[Hadrian's Wall]], the most noted Roman monument in Britain, forms the earliest recorded history of the Redburn vicinity. The extent of Hadrian's Wall was 117 kilometres, spanning the width of [[Britannia]]; the wall incorporated [[Agricola's Ditch]]<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18177 C. Michael Hogan (2007) ''Hadrian's Wall'', ed. A. Burnham, The Megalithic Portal]</ref> and was constructed primarily to prevent harrying by small bands of raiders and unwanted [[immigration]] from the north, not as a fighting line for a major invasion.<ref>Stephen Johnson (2004) ''Hadrian's Wall'', Sterling Publishing Company, Inc, 128 pages, ISBN 0713488409</ref>
The article is about Redburn not Hadrian's Wall. JIMp talk·cont 12:53, 4 March 2009 (UTC)