Milecastle 35 (Sewingshields) is one of the milecastles on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY80497018). The remains still exist as exposed masonry. The...

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...

Shields (near Milecastle 35) and Walltown Quarry (near Turret 45A). A public right of way follows the Military Way from Milking Gap (near Milecastle 38) to Walltown...

54°59′27″N 2°35′42″W / 54.990793°N 2.594987°W / 54.990793; -2.594987 Milecastle 49 (Harrows Scar) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference...

Soldiers were garrisoned along the line of the wall in large forts, smaller milecastles, and intervening turrets. In addition to the wall's defensive military...

Milecastle 50TW (High House) was a milecastle on the Turf Wall section of Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY60716583). The milecastle is located close to...

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...

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...

Milecastle 6 (Benwell Grove) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. The exact location of this milecastle is unknown but the wall in this area runs...

Milecastle 68 (Boomby Gill) is a conjectured milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. The site of the milecastle (adjacent to Boomby Gill) has been calculated...

Milecastle 67 (Stainton) is a conjectured milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. The site of the milecastle has been calculated from measurement to known...

Milecastle 32 (Carraw) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as earthworks and with no exposed masonry. The layout of the milecastle...

Milecastle 55 (Low Wall) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY53596437). Milecastle 55 is in a pasture field east of the village of Walton...

Milecastle 18 (East Wallhouses) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. It is located to the west of the settlement of East Wallhouses in Northumberland...

Milecastle 7 (Benwell Bank or Benwell Hill) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. The milecastle itself has not been discovered by archaeologists...

Milecastle 26 (Planetrees) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its position is slightly to the south of, but mostly covered by the B6318 Military...

mile (equivalent to 495 metres (541 yd)) between Milecastles, giving two Turrets between each Milecastle. In the numbering system introduced by John Collingwood...

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,...

surviving section is 35 metres (115 ft) in length. Hadrian's Wall: Sewingshields Wall Wall AD 122 Remains A length of Wall with milecastle remains, sited along...

in the Roman Empire", Past & Present, No. 41 (Dec. 1968), pp. 9, 13 (note 35), 16, published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Past and Present...

on the move, to elaborate permanent stone constructions, notably the milecastles of Hadrian's Wall. Roman forts were generally rectangular with rounded...

Heddon, where the name means 'Hidda's pasture'. A Roman milecastle on Hadrian’s Wall ('Milecastle 12') was located at the site of the present-day village...

and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 (1010994)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 February...

it, may have taken six years to construct. Small guard posts called milecastles were built at mile intervals with an additional two fortified observation...

switched to two tier education. Similarly, Knoplaw Primary School and Milecastle Primary School (also within Chapel House) used to be first schools. Chapel...

England Show map of Cumbria Type Milecastle Place in the Roman world Province Britannia Location Coordinates 54°51′35″N 3°23′49″W / 54.859734°N 3.396966°W...

visible along the West Road, and at a temple in Benwell. Traces of a milecastle were found on Westgate Road, midway between Clayton Street and Grainger...

Milefortlet 4 Location within Cumbria Type Milecastle Place in the Roman world Province Britannia Location Coordinates 54°55′35″N 3°17′21″W / 54.926352°N 3.289258°W...

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...

England Show map of Cumbria Type Milecastle Place in the Roman world Province Britannia Location Coordinates 54°48′35″N 3°25′42″W / 54.80967°N 3.428225°W...