It is hoped more visitors can be attracted to historic Roman landmark Hadrian's Wall, which stretches across Cumbria and Northumberland.

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The Countryside Agency says the 84-mile Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail, from Wallsend to Bowness on Solway, is now proving a massive tourist hit.

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But it's an arresting way of highlighting a set of problems arising from Scotland's constitutional debate, and how it could affect the cousins on the warmer side of Hadrian's Wall.

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When Roman forces built Hadrian's Wall, very few of their men were Italians, most of them were Spanish, Gallic and German soldiers, while several of the auxiliary units who took over garrison duty from the legionaries came from North Africa.

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