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Milecastle 18
Hob Uid: 20446
Location : Northumberland Matfen
Grid Ref : NZ0481068360
Summary : The site of Roman milecastle 18, part of the defences on Hadrian's Wall. There are no visible remains.
More information : (NZ 0481 6836) Milecastle 18 (GSC) (Site of) (T.I.) (1) Milecastle 18 is about a furlong west of the Robin Hood Inn, where a road turns south to a farmhouse. It was found in 1931 to measure 53 feet 8 inches from east to west, by 59 feet 6 inches from north to south, and its sidewalls are 7 feet 9 inches thick. Its gates are of type I (viz. both the piers and the passage-walls are composed of large masonry.) (2) Excavations in 1931 revealed a milecastle of the long-axis type, largely robbed except where covered by the road. (There is no plan showing relationship to nearby detail. Outline apparently plotted from measurements given in this and other articles using OS siting symbol at datum.) (3) Surveyed at 1/2500. There are no structural remains at milecastle 18 though its western side is visible as an earthen platform 0.5m high. The remainder has been obliterated by a track and an arable field. (4) There is no visible trace of the milecastle. (5) Scheduled (6) Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (7)

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Source details : 25" 1963
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Source details : Bruce, J C, 1947. Handbook to the Roman Wall, 10th edition
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Source Number : 2a
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Source details : MacLauchlan, 1958. Memoir written during a Survey of the Roman Wall
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Source Number : 2b
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Source details : Bruce, J C, 1867. Handbook to the Roman Wall, 3rd edition
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Source details : (E Birley, Parker Brewis and F G Simpson)
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Source details : F1 RL 21-MAR-66
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Source details : Donnie Mackay/10-OCT-1989/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : 14-Jul-97
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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 : Sub Surface Deposit

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External Cross Reference Source : Hadrian's Wall Project Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 0468/2
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26043
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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 : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 06 NW 1
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1931-01-01
End Date : 1931-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-03-21
End Date : 1966-03-21

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

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Milecastle 18