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Milecastle 71
Hob Uid: 10714
Location : Cumbria Carlisle Beaumont
Grid Ref : NY3380059200
Summary : The site of Roman milecastle 71 on Hadrian's wall, revealed by excavation in a field of ridge and furrow. Worked flints were found during excavation.
More information : (NY 3381 5918) MC 71 (GS) (1) (NY 33795920) Milecastle 71 was located by Bartle in 1960. The axial road through the Wall was discovered, also the south and west walls. The east wall lies under the field boundary and could not be located. Two worked flints (one a scraper) were discovered, stratified near the footings of the walls, two small fragments of Roman pottery were found in the limited excavation. (2) No visible remains. (3) There is no surface trace of the milecastle in the area NY 3379 5920. What Bartle took to be modern drainage (Authority 2, p 40) is narrow ridge and furrow. (4) Scheduled (5) Five evaluation trenches were excavated in 2000 as part of the Hadrian's wall Milecastles Project. Hadrian's Wall survived as two partial courses of stone overlying a remnant of turf wall. The east wall of the milecastle was located, although only a few fragments of stone survived in a linear deposit of sparse crushed sandstone 2.98m wide. There was a possible interior building on the east side of the milecastle. (6-7) Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (8)

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Source details : Ordnance Survey Hadrian's Wall Map 1964
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Source details : (S H Bartle)
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Source details : F1 BHP 20-NOV-69
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Source details : Mark Bowden/04-JUL-1990/Hadrian's Wall Project
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Later Prehistoric
Display Date : Later Prehistoric
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Milecastle
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Ridge And Furrow
Evidence : Earthwork

Components and Objects:

Period : Later Prehistoric
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : LITHIC IMPLEMENT
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CU 28
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External Cross Reference Source : Hadrian's Wall Project Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 3359/4
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26116
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 35 NW 13
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1960-01-01
End Date : 1960-12-31

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1988-01-01
End Date : 1993-08-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 2000-01-01
End Date : 2000-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Milecastle 71