Twitter icon
Facebook icon
LinkedIn icon
Google+ icon
YouTube icon
RSS icon

Pocket Tours, iPhone guides and tours

#Alongthewallin80days - Day 65

Samantha's picture
Wed, 23/07/2014 - 21:15 -- Samantha

#Alongthewallin80days - Day 65

Milecastles 24-20

 

Only 25 milecastles left to talk about along Hadrian's Wall. Here are the next 5...

 

24

Milecastle 24 (Wall Fell) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as a low platform,and are located to the south of the B6318 Military Road around 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of its junction with the A68.

 

23

Milecastle 23 was a long-axis milecastle. The gateway type is unknown, though long-axis milecastles were thought to have been constructed by the Legio VI Victrix who were based in Eboracum (York).

 

22

Milecastle 22 (Portgate) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as a low, turf covered platform just west of the Portgate roundabout (junction of the A68 and B6318). The platform is 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) on the east side, reducing to only a parch mark on the west side.

 

21

The site of Milecastle 21 (Down Hill) was identified by measurement only, as the milecastle's remains have been totally removed. This is probably due to extensive quarrying at the site, which now lies under pasture (and partly beneath the Military Road)

 

20

Milecastle 20 is situated at the east end of the hamlet of Halton Shields. Its remains are located in the garden of a cottage, with the south wall and gate being covered by a house to the immediate west.

 

Source Wikipedia

 

 

 

Twitter icon
Facebook icon
Google icon
StumbleUpon icon
Del.icio.us icon
Digg icon
LinkedIn icon
Newsvine icon
Pinterest icon
Reddit icon
Technorati icon
Yahoo! icon
e-mail icon