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Illuminating Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall: Volunteers prepare to light a beacon at Steel Rigg, Northumberland
Volunteers prepare to light a beacon on Hadrian's Wall at Steel Rigg, Northumberland
Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images
Hadrian's Wall: Volunteers wait to light beacons along Hadrian's Wall at Steel Rigg
Volunteers wait to light beacons at Steel Rigg, Northumberland
Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images
Hadrian's Wall: Spectators gather across the Pennine hillsides
Spectators gather across the Pennine hillsides between Newcastle and Carlisle
Photograph: John Giles/PA
Hadrian's Wall: Spectators gather across the Pennine hillsides
Volunteers carry flaming torches to light the route of the wall
Photograph: John Giles/PA
Hadrian's Wall: A volunteer lights her flame as torches are lit
A volunteer lights her flame
Photograph: 2daymedia/EPA
Hadrian's Wall: Crag Lough, Steel Rigg near the Once Brewed visitor centre
Crag Lough, Steel Rigg. The spectacle required the co-operation of more than 120 landowners
Photograph: Murdo Macleod
Hadrian's Wall: Hadrian's Wall is lit from end to end by a team of 500 volunteers
The wall is lit from end to end
Photograph: John Giles/PA
Hadrian's Wall: 500 volunteers formed a line of light along the 84-mile walking trail
500 volunteers formed a line of light along the 84-mile national walking trail by the Roman wall
Photograph: John Giles/PA
Hadrian's Wall: The Illuminating Hadrians Wall event at Crag Lough, Steel Rigg
The event, organised by Hadrian's Wall Heritage, marks 1,600 years since the end of Roman rule
Photograph: Murdo Macleod
Hadrian's Wall: Spectators, some dressed as Roman soldiers on the Pennine hillsides
Some spectators dressed as Roman soldiers
Photograph: John Giles/PA
Hadrian's Wall: Volunteers watch a beacon on Hadrian's Wall at Steel Rigg, Northumberland
Volunteers watch a beacon at Steel Rigg
Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images
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