Illuminating Hadrian's Wall

Volunteers prepare to light a beacon on Hadrian's Wall at Steel Rigg, Northumberland Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Andy Buchanan/guardian.co.uk Volunteers wait to light beacons at Steel Rigg, Northumberland Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Andy Buchanan/guardian.co.uk Spectators gather across the Pennine hillsides between Newcastle and Carlisle Photograph: John Giles/PA Photograph: John Giles/guardian.co.uk Volunteers carry flaming torches to light the route of the wall Photograph: John Giles/PA Photograph: John Giles/guardian.co.uk A volunteer lights her flame Photograph: 2daymedia/EPA Photograph: 2daymedia/guardian.co.uk Crag Lough, Steel Rigg. The spectacle required the co-operation of more than 120 landowners Photograph: Murdo Macleod Photograph: guardian.co.uk The wall is lit from end to end Photograph: John Giles/PA Photograph: John Giles/guardian.co.uk 500 volunteers formed a line of light along the 84-mile national walking trail by the Roman wall Photograph: John Giles/PA Photograph: John Giles/guardian.co.uk The event, organised by Hadrian's Wall Heritage, marks 1,600 years since the end of Roman rule Photograph: Murdo Macleod Photograph: guardian.co.uk Some spectators dressed as Roman soldiers Photograph: John Giles/PA Photograph: John Giles/guardian.co.uk Volunteers watch a beacon at Steel Rigg Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Andy Buchanan/guardian.co.uk