Definition of Milecastles. Meaning of Milecastles. Synonyms of Milecastles

- with the Milecastles. Turrets standing between milefortlets are referred to as towers. Milecastles are numbered from 1 (the easternmost Milecastle) to 80...
- the milecastles and turrets. Breeze discusses three theories about the soldiers on Hadrian's Wall. One, these soldiers who manned the milecastles and...
- Milecastle 39 (Castle Nick) is a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY76066773). Milecastle 39 is located northeast of Once Brewed. The excavated...
- mile (equivalent to 495 metres (541 yd)) between Milecastles, giving two Turrets between each Milecastle. In the numbering system introduced by John Collingwood...
- beside the B6318 Military Road. Like Milecastles 9, 23, 25, and 51, a ditch has been identified around the Milecastle, and is still visible to a small extent...
- Welsh carrau 'rocks'. Milecastle 32 was a long-axis milecastle though the gateway type cannot be identified. Such milecastles were thought to have been...
- positioning of milecastles and turrets on this part of Hadrian's Wall should be reconsidered. Milecastle 4 was a long-axis milecastle of unknown gateway...
- Milecastle 20 (Halton Shields) was one of the milecastles on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NZ01886868). It is situated in the hamlet of Halton Shields...
- Milecastle 57 (Cambeckhill) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY50816368). The exact location of Milecastle 57 is not known. Its position...
- normally so well-preserved or substantial in other milecastles and local people, "mining" the milecastle for building stone in the past, may have recognised...