In 1987, Hadrian’s Wall was declared a World Heritage Site. It was followed by the Upper German-Raetian Limes in 2005 and then the Antonine Wall in 2008. Now, all the Roman frontier from the mouth of the River Clyde to the fort of Iža in Slovakia is a World Heritage Site and plans are in progress to extend this accolade to the Black Sea.
Early in this process, it was realised that there was a need to explain to politicians, state administrators, archaeologists, local people and, not