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) |