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Milecastle 45

Hob Uid: 13839
Location :
Northumberland
Greenhead
Grid Ref : NY6771066570
Summary : The site of Milecastle 45 on Hadrian's Wall. No walling of the Roman milecastle is exposed, it survives mainly as robber trenches flanked by spoil banks. Worked stones from the gateway have been built into the low wall to the rear of the cattle trough east of Walltown Farm. The site is visible as earthworks on air photographs.
More information : [NY 6771 6657] Milecastle [G.S.] (1)

Milecastle 45, on the top of Walltown Nick, is the long-axis type. (2)

The milecastle has been denuded of stone, and little remains but the "robber trenches", and their turf-covered spoil mounds. Resurveyed at 1.2500. (3)

The site has been made readily apparent by stone-grubbing activity, but there are no original remains. (4)

NY 6771 6657. No walling of the milecastle is exposed, it survives mainly as robber trenches flanked by spoil banks. Worked stones from the gateway have been built into the low wall to the rear of the cattle trough east of Walltown Farm. (5)

scheduled (6)

listed buidling (7)

The site is visible as earthworks on air photographs. Banks and ditches possibly relate to the robber trenches and spoil mentioned above. There are a number of pits within the milecastle, which may relate to previous excavations or modern extraction. (8)

Depiction of Milecastle above Walton (1891), from the James Irwin Coates Archive. (9)

Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (10)
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Source details : 25" 1921
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Source details : Handbook to Roman Wall 11th Ed 1957 (JC Bruce, Ed IA Richmond)
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Source details : Keith Blood/01-MAR-1988/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project
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Source details : NMR NY 6766/6 (19850/44) 02-MAY-2000
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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 : Earthwork
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26066
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : ND 28
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External Cross Reference Source : Hadrian's Wall Project Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 6766/20
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 240720
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Northumberland)
External Cross Reference Number : 6045
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 66 NE 6
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Relationship type : General association
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-05-11
End Date : 1972-05-11
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1988-01-01
End Date : 1993-08-01
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2002-01-01
End Date : 2008-12-31