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The wall was designed to run 99-miles along the British coast to Bowness-on-Solway, and
east to Wallsend-on-Tyne. The same way towns today spring up along freeways, settlements
mushroomed along the route of the wall as entrepreneurs sought to take care of the needs of the
Roman soldiers manning the ramparts. Not all of it was built.
Reflecting the Roman leanings toward regimen and uniformity the wall was built in a very
methodical pattern. The wall was at least eight-feet wide, at least 12 feet high, and lined with a
culvert. There were fortifications every mile, and two guard towers evenly spaced between. All
of these measures are in Roman feet, not the feet we know today.
• 1987 the wall became one of UNESCO's World Heritage sites.
TOWER OF LONDON
A lot less than most people imagine. While The Tower is one of the most important
buildings in the history of England, it is not much taller than a four-storey house. But the
real treasures are inside, where the Crown Jewels are kept, including The Star of Africa,
which at 530 carats is the largest diamond in the world.
The jewels are the highlight of the visit, and to keep the throngs of people moving
along, a people mover has been installed. The Tower has a long and bloody history, illus-
trated in detail by the Royal Armory, which holds 40,000 artifacts from armor to iron
maidens. This is where Henry VI was killed in 1471, where two of Henry VIII's wives
were executed (Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard) and where Lady Jane Grey and
Robert Devereux, the Earl of Sussex, met similar fates. The Tower of London has been
guarded by a detail of Beefeaters since 1485.
• The Tower of London is considered one of the most haunted places in Britain.
• The ghost of Thomas A. Becket first appeared during construction of the Traitor's Gate
in the 13-th century. A priest saw him striking the gate with a crucifix, causing it to collapse.
• It is said that the headless ghost of Anne Boleyn walks the corridors of the White
Tower.
• The ghost of Anne Boleyn has also been seen moving from the Queen's House to the
Chapel of Saint Peter ad Vincula. Once at the chapel, she reportedly moves down the aisle to
her grave under the altar.
• It is said that the ghost of Catherine Howard screams for help in the corridor in front of
the room where she was kept before being executed.
• Ghosts have been seen reenacting the death of the Countess of Salisbury. The spirits re-
live the time when she refused to put her head on the chopping block like a common treasoner
and was chased around the tower grounds by the executioner chopping bits out of her with his
axe. Specifically, she was hewn to death.
• The ghosts of 12-year-old King Edward V and his 9-year-old brother Richard Duke of
York have also been seen in the Bloody Tower wearing white gowns.
• The ghost of 16-year-old Lady Jane Grey has been seen on the battlements on the anni-
versary of her husband's beheading.
• Phantom funeral carriages have been seen on the grounds.
• A phantom squad of soldiers has been seen marching on the grounds.
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