Northumbrian Bede, was a well known writer, author and a monk at the monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, modern day Sunderland, England and at its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, modern day Jarrow. These monasteries both fell into the kingdom of Northumbria. His most famous work gave him the title of the 'Father of English History', called Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum meaning The Ecclesiastical History of the English People. It gives a history of Britain up to 729, detailing the growth of Christianity and missionaries during this time. He also translated the Gospel of John into Old English and wrote commentaries on the Pentateuch and other parts of Holy Scripture.
Lights will be placed at 250m intervals along the route – that’s around 500 illuminated spots stretching from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria. The Romans built fortlets, known as milecastles, along the Wall at intervals of one Roman mile. Between each milecastle, and spaced one third of a Roman mile apart, were a series of turrets. The plan is to create a point of light where all the milefortlets and turrets were located, with an additional point of light between each of them. There will also be a number of stewarded points along the wall where people will be able to view the line of light.
