Milecastle 37
Milecastle 37 | |
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Type | Milecastle |
Place in the Roman world | |
Province | Britannia |
Location | |
Coordinates | 55°00′44″N 2°20′16″W / 55.01234°N 2.337652°W |
County | Northumberland |
Country | England |
Reference | |
UK-OSNG reference | NY78506869 |
Milecastle 37 is one of the milecastles on Hadrian's Wall. It is immediately west of the Housesteads Roman Fort (grid reference NY78506869).
Description
The remains have been partly reconstructed and consolidated; it is now in the care of English Heritage. The wall has a maximum height of 2.2 metres internally.[1] The milecastle has a short axis, with a Type I gateway.[1] The milecastle contains the remains of a small barrack block in the east half which survives to 1.0 metres high.[1]
Excavations
The first excavations of Milecastle 37 were in 1853, 1907 and 1933.
Excavations in 1988-9 showed three periods of the north gate, having been built, blocked, then partly demolished.[1]
Associated turrets
Each milecastle on Hadrian's Wall had two associated
Turret 37A
Turret 37A (Rapishaw Gap) (grid reference NY78056861) was located by exploratory excavation in 1911.[2] The turret appears to have been demolished in the Roman period.[2] The turret is visible only as a slight earthwork on air photographs.[2]
Turret 37B
Turret 37B (Hotbank Crag) (grid reference NY77586847) was also located by exploratory excavation in 1911.[3] The site is indicated by a stone-studded earthen platform.[3]
Public access
The milecastle, and the sites of both turrets are accessible via the Hadrian's Wall Path.
References
- ^ a b c d e f MILECASTLE 37, Pastscape, retrieved 26 November 2013
- ^ a b c TURRET 37A, Pastscape, retrieved 26 November 2013
- ^ a b TURRET 37B, Pastscape, retrieved 26 November 2013
External links
- Media related to Milecastle 37 at Wikimedia Commons