Hadrian’s cavalry: an international collaborative project on a World Heritage Site
Channel: Recording Archaeology
Date: 2017-06-01

The Hadrian’s cavalry project will be a collaborative project between ten museums and five partners. It will encompass exhibitions, re-enactment events, talks, education resources and a publication. The exhibition will be spread across museums along the length of Hadrian’s Wall and will showcase amazing finds on loan from national and international museums, as well as from private collectors. The beauty of cavalry equipment, the impact of the cavalry in Roman warfare and relationship of a cavalryman with his horse will all be discussed. It will place Hadrian’s Wall in its wider context of the Roman Empire and the transnational Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site. Following on from the success of WallFace in 2014, this partnership project is funded by Arts Council England and highlights what can be possible when organisations work together.

Frances McIntosh, English Heritage