Funny you should say that Yank. Hadrians Wall runs from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway. The Wall at its furthest point is about 60 miles from the Scottish border, at its nearest point less than 10. It was built to mark an arbitrary Roman boundry. There were no English in Britain to keep in and no Scots to keep out. When the English did arrive they settled far to the north of the Wall and even the present border. At their furthest reach the Scots conquered far to the south of the Wall. The Wall has never been a border between England and Scotland. I was born north of the Wall and I am English by birth.