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    Milefortlet 1 (Biglands House) was a milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from...
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    and east of the River Wampool. It is not the location of Milefortlet 1, the first milefortlet to the west of Hadrian's Wall, which is located on the coast...
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    Milefortlet 2 was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end...
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    Milefortlet 5 (Cardurnock) was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from...
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    Milecastle (redirect from Milefortlet)
    Milecastles. Turrets standing between milefortlets are referred to as towers. Milecastles are numbered from 1 (the easternmost Milecastle) to 80 in the...
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    Cumbrian Coast defences beginning with Milefortlet 1. The possible turrets between Milecastle 80 and Milefortlet 1 are known as Tower 0A (grid reference...
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    Milefortlet 21 (Swarthy Hill) was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These defences were contemporary with defensive structures on Hadrian's...
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    Milefortlet 25 was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western...
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    Milefortlet 22 (Brownrigg) was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from...
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    Milefortlet 23 (Sea Brows) was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from...
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    of the village, along the coast, is the Roman Milefortlet 21 and the Elizabethan salt pans. Milefortlet 21, now part of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage...
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    purposes, the milecastles west of Bowness-on-Solway are referred to as Milefortlets. Hadrian's Wall was probably planned before Hadrian's visit to Britain...
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    passes close to the Salta Moss Site of Special Scientific Interest, Milefortlet 21, a Roman archaeological site, the salt pans, a remnant of the Solway...
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    1–18. Bewley, Robert (1994). Prehistoric and Romano-British settlement in the Solway Plain, Cumbria. Oxbow monograph, 36. Oxford: Oxbow Books. pp. 1–100...
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    is estimated to have been around 2,000. The fort is thought to have been 1.53 acres (6,200 m2), small by Roman standards. As Pons Aelius was a wall fort...
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    the coast, especially in the Maryport area. A Roman fortlet, known as Milefortlet 16, has been located at the west end of the village. Alternatively, the...
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    the nomenclature adopted for the coastal Milecastle equivalent is 'Milefortlet', and the equivalent of the turret is here called a Tower. The numbering...
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    a series of milefortlets were built along the Solway plain, extending beyond the western end of Hadrian's Wall. The closest milefortlet to the settlement...
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    coastal fortlets and towers were reoccupied, such as at Cardurnock (milefortlet 5). The usurpation of Magnentius and his defeat in 353 may have further...
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    on the Solway coast, and there are remains of medieval salt pans near Milefortlet 21, only a few miles down the coast from Salta. Salta appears in older...
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    coastal fortlets and towers were re-occupied, such as at Cardurnock (milefortlet 5). The usurpation of Magnentius and his defeat in 353 may have further...
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    series of milefortlets were constructed beyond the western end of Hadrian's Wall to guard against incursions across the Solway Firth. Milefortlets 13 and...
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  • Fort Northumberland (reprint ed.). London: English Heritage. pp. 28–30. ISBN 1-85074-307-X. Hugill, Robert (1931). Road Guide to Northumberland and The Border...
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