Milecastle 44 (Allolee) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY68886694). Milecastle 44 is located about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) west of...
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A milecastle was a small fort (fortlet), a rectangular fortification built during the period of the Roman Empire. They were placed at intervals of approximately...
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Milecastle 27 (Low Brunton) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. It was located on the line of Hadrian's Wall, approximately midway between the...
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Milecastle 37 is one of the milecastles on Hadrian's Wall. It is immediately west of the Housesteads Roman Fort (grid reference NY78506869). The remains...
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Milecastle 19 (Matfen Piers) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Sited just to the east of the hamlet of Matfen Piers, the milecastle is today...
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Milecastle 30 (Limestone Corner) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as an outward-facing scarp with a maximum height of 0...
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Milecastle 2 (Walker) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. No remains are currently visible, having been built over, but its probable location...
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Milecastle 3 (Ouseburn) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. No remains exist, but it was thought to have been located at the junction of the...
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Milecastle 10 (Walbottle Dene) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. It is located near to the modern village of Throckley in Tyne and Wear, northern...
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Milecastle 5 (Quarry House) was the first milecastle west of Pons Aelius fort of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. No remains exist of the milecastle, though...
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Milecastle 56 (Walton) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY522643). Milecastle 56 is thought to lie northeast of the former inn (the...
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6 km) between Milecastle 45 (Walltown) to the west, and Turret 43B in the east, just short of the fort of Aesica (Great Chesters). Milecastle 44 (Allolee)...
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Milecastle 9 (Chapel House) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist partially as a low platform, and are located in West Denton...
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Milecastle 76 (Drumburgh) was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian's Wall...
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Milecastle 34 (Grindon) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. There are no visible remains, but the site is within a small, tree-filled, walled...
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military road led from it and followed the Wall, linking its forts and milecastles. The bridge and its fort were built at the north end of Cade's Road,...
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61. Harlow Hill lies on the line of Hadrian's Wall, and is the site of Milecastle 16. The Military Road also passes by the village. Harlow Hill was historically...
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Empire at Bay, AD 180–395. London: Routledge, 2014, ISBN 978-0-415-84054-5, p. 44 Boatwright, p. 134 K. W. Arafat, Pausanias' Greece: Ancient Artists and Roman...
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on the move, to elaborate permanent stone constructions, notably the milecastles of Hadrian's Wall. Roman forts were generally rectangular with rounded...
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that the village is situated at the site of one of the milecastles of Hadrian's Wall, Milecastle 56. It is said that many of the old cottages and buildings...
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an inscription on a Roman altar at Rochester, (Roman Bremenium) and at Milecastle 19 along Hadrian's Wall, where an altar inscription made by members of...
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is a typical example of one of the lookout towers located between the milecastles on Hadrian's Wall in Cumbria; located on the Lanercost Road near Banks...
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switched to two tier education. Similarly, Knoplaw Primary School and Milecastle Primary School (also within Chapel House) used to be first schools. Chapel...
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Milefortlet 5 (category Milecastles of Hadrian's Wall)
Location within Cumbria Type Milecastle Place in the Roman world Province Britannia Location Coordinates 54°54′48″N 3°17′44″W / 54.913343°N 3.29555°W...
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Milefortlet 22 (category Milecastles of Hadrian's Wall)
beneath Maryport Golf Course Location within Cumbria Type Milecastle Location Coordinates 54°44′10″N 3°27′59″W / 54.7360°N 3.4663°W / 54.7360; -3.4663...
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Milefortlet 21 (category Milecastles of Hadrian's Wall)
are known as Tower 21A and Tower 21B. Tower 21A (Saltpans) (Location: 54°44′24″N 3°27′38″W / 54.739903°N 3.460486°W / 54.739903; -3.460486 (Tower...
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response was to provide a frontier zone in the western sector of forts and milecastles, built of turf and timber (the "Turf Wall"), the standard construction...
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Milefortlet 10 (category Milecastles of Hadrian's Wall)
evidence of a structure exists. Measured location of site: 54°52′47″N 3°22′44″W / 54.879714°N 3.378797°W / 54.879714; -3.378797 (Tower 10A) Tower 10B...
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Gabrosentum Milecastles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47...
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again and - where necessary - repaired. Most of the passages of the milecastles in the north were bricked up and causeways over the forward defensive...
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