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Milecastle 64
Hob Uid: 11407
Location : Cumbria Carlisle Stanwix Rural
Grid Ref : NY4177058740
Summary : The site of the milecastle 64. It was uncovered by excavation, but there are no visible remains.
More information : (NY 4185 5880) The east face of the west wall of Milecastle 64 (Drawdykes) was located in June 1962, some 114 yds west of Brunstock Beck, on the line of the Wall as marked on the OS survey. (1) A slab of red sandstone was found during excavations by Lt Col P F Fane Gladwin in 1962, unstratified, on the site of this milecastle. Two letters survive near the lower margin - 'MP'. (2) Milestone found on the west side of MC64 and presumably came from the Military Way. A quadrant cut from a cylindrical milestone. (3) The milestone was deposited in Carlisle Museum in 1969. (4) No visible remains of milecastle. (5) The milecastle was excavated in 1962, but the results were unpublished until 1980; it was found to be a short axis type milestone (6a). The milecastle has been transcribed onto the RCHME overlay from the illustration in the above report (at NY 4177 5874). There is no surface trace in the waste ground of the former army camp. The milestone is now recorded as NY 45 NW 77. (6) Scheduled. (7) Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (8)

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Source details : Letter (E Birley, 9.6.62)
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Vol(s) : 53, 1963

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Source details : F1 BHP 21-DEC-71
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Donnie Mackay/07-AUG-1990/RCHME:Hadrian's Wall Project
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Source Number : 6a
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Source details : Caruna I & Fane Gladwin, Col P F 'Unpublished excavations on the line of the Roman Wall in Hadrian's Camp, Carlisle'
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : 23-Nov-98
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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

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Milestone
Evidence : Find

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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 4158/26
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28478
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 45 NW 5
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1941-01-01
End Date : 1941-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1961-01-01
End Date : 1962-12-31

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

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Milecastle 64