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Milecastle 60
Hob Uid: 11606
Location : Cumbria Carlisle Irthington
Grid Ref : NY4719061400
Summary : The approximate site of Roman milecastle 60. There are no visible remains.
More information : (NY 4719 6140) Milecastle 60 (GS) (Site of) (1) A spot called High Strand is the traditional site of Milecastle 60. In 1851 it yielded an altar to Cocidius, erected by the Sixth Legion, and now at Castlesteads. (2) Details of inscription. (3) Nothing visible on the ground. (4) There is no surface trace of the milecastle, not even a vegetation mark. MacLauchlan thought that there was enough evidence to fit the milecastle at a spot called High Strand, about midway between Old Wall and Bleatarn, 7 furlongs from the last milecastle and about 60 yards west of the termination of a field road, which runs along the Ditch of the Wall. The altar is now recorded as NY 46 SE 32. (5-5a) This location falls within the area mapped from aerial photographs by English Heritage's Hadrian's Wall NMP, but no convincing traces of the milecastle were identified during that survey. (7) Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (8)

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Source details : 6" 1957
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Source details : Handbook to Roman Wall 12th Edn 1966 (Bruce/Richmond)
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Source details : Donnie Mackay/03-JUL-1990/RCHME:Hadrian's Wall Project
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Source Number : 5a
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Source details : MacLauchlan, H, 1858. Memoir written during a Survey of the Roman Wall.
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Source details : English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall NMP
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Milecastle
Evidence : Uncertain Evidence

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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 4761/5
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26085
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 46 SE 11
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Relationship type : General association

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

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2002-01-01
End Date : 2008-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Milecastle 60