Milecastle 9
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Description
Hob Uid: 22662 Location : Newcastle upon Tyne Non Civil Parish Grid Ref : NZ1786066270 Summary : The site of Roman milecastle 9, part of the defences on Hadrian's Wall. It is surviving as a slight earthwork platform on its south side. It is mostly covered by the modern road. The milecastle was investigated as part of the Milecastles Project in 2000. A T-shaped trench was excavated in the south-east corner of the milecastle. It was built on banded strata representing pre-Roman occupation, and the double row of postholes found by Birley may relate to this occupation. The walls were 3.1 metres wide. A stone building occupied the east side of the interior of the milecastle. A ditch parallel to the walls and contemporary with their construction lay to the east, and may have been part of a ditched enclosure around the milecastle. A trench may have cut through from the south through the entrance to such an enclosure...... -
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