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Milecastle 50

Hob Uid: 14005
Location :
Cumbria
Carlisle
Waterhead
Grid Ref : NY6067066010
Summary : The site of Roman milecastle 50, part of the defences on Hadrian's Wall. It survives as a ploughed down platform sloping north, bounded on the east and part of the west side, by a spread scarp with a maximum height of 0.2m. Two distinct lifts in the roadside wall define the position of the east and west walls. The milecastle earthworks are visible on air photographs and digital elevation models derived from Environment Agency lidar and Structure from Motion taken from 2017 specialist oblique photography, and were mapped by Historic England as part of the English Heritage Trust's 'Hadrian's Wall: Birdoswald Sector Survey'.
More information : (NY 6067 6601) Milecastle 50 (R) (Site of) (1)

Located on the highest point of the road between Birdoswald and Wall Bowers. Excavated 1911, and found to measure 76' N-S and 60' E-W, internally. It resembles milecastles 48 and 49 in plan. Full Report. Plan. Photos. (2)

Details of Dedication Slabs found during 1911 Excavations and one about 1849. (3)

The site of the milecastle is visible as a slight unsurveyable swelling. (4)

NY 6067 6601. A ploughed down platform survives sloping north, bounded on the east and part of the west side by a spread scarp with a maximum height of 0.2m. Two distinct lifts in the roadside wall define the position of the east and west walls. (5)

Scheduled (6)

The slight earthwork remains of this milecastle (described above by the previous authorities) were seen at NY 6067 6602 and mapped from historical aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall NMP project. (7)

Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (8)

The milecastle earthworks are visible on air photographs and digital elevation models derived from Environment Agency lidar and Structure from Motion taken from 2017 specialist oblique photography, and were mapped by HIstoric England as part of the English Heritage Trust's 'Hadrian's Wall: Birdoswald Sector Survey'. The poorly defined earthworks are defined as an amorphous bank on the east, presumably part of the milecastle wall, and a hint of the external ditch on the west.
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Source details : 6" 1957
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Source details : F1 BHP 03-NOV-71
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Source details : Keith Blood/26-FEB-1990/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project
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Source details : RAF 106G/UK/1392 3298 10-APR-1946
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Milecastle, Dedication Stone
Evidence : Earthwork
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CU 28
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Hadrian's Wall Project Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 6066/2
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26074
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External Cross Reference Source : Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB)
External Cross Reference Number : 1932
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External Cross Reference Source : Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB)
External Cross Reference Number : 1933
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External Cross Reference Source : Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB)
External Cross Reference Number : 1934
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cumbria)
External Cross Reference Number : 337
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 66 NW 18
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Relationship type : General association
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Relationship type : General association
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Relationship type : General association
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1898-01-01
End Date : 1898-12-31
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1911-01-01
End Date : 1911-12-31
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-11-03
End Date : 1971-11-03
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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