Milecastle 36 |
Hob Uid: 15137 | |
Location : Northumberland Haydon
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Grid Ref : NY7972069310 |
Summary : The site of Roman milecastle 36 on Hadrian's Wall. The milecastle was excavated in 1946 and was found to have a long axis and narrow walls. The south gate was destroyed and the north gate was reconstructed in a post-Hadrianic period and then blocked. The featureless interior part of the milecastle is overlain by Wall tumble. Robber trenches are on the east and west walls up to 0.5m deep. |
More information : [NY 7972 6931] MILECASTLE 36 [G.S.] (Site of) (1)
M/C 36 was a long axis milecastle with a north gateway completely reconstructed under Severus, but walled up at a later period. Drastic stone-robbing took place in 1831. MacLauchlan noted a branch road from the milecastle to the Military Way (2a). (2)
Part of the east and west walls are indicated by "robber-trenches", but the remainder has been destroyed by surface quarrying. There are no visible remains of the branch road. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (3)
Milecastle 36 was excavated in 1946 and was found to have a long axis and narrow walls. The south gate was destroyed and the north gate was reconstructed in a post-Hadrianic period and then blocked (4a). NY 7972 6931. The featureless interior part of the milecastle is overlain by Wall tumble. Robber trenches are on the east and west walls up to 0.5m deep. (4)
The excavated remains of Milecastle 36 are visible on air photographs and were mapped as part of the Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Project. (6)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (7) |