Banna Fort (Latin for "spur" or tongue"), occupied the western end of Hadrian's Wall, in the Roman province of Britannia. 
Today the site is occupied by a former farm called Birdoswald. First occupied by Roman troops in around 122 AD and completed in 138, the fort was used until about 400 AD. Birdoswald is the eleventh fort (out of 17) from the east end of Hadrian's Wall and is part of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site.
So here we are standing on a wall on the outpost of the ancient empire of Rome. I got a sense of what a long way it was to the heart of Rome. Can you imagine being posted here in the cold and the dark of winter? Yikes!
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