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MILECASTLE 23

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The earthwork remains of Roman milecastle 23, part of the defences on Hadrian's Wall. It is surviving as a platform up to 1metre high; the ditch is superficial but surveyable to the south and east; the milecastle is possibly of the long axis type. The feature is visible as an earthwork on air photographs.

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[NY 9751 6893] Milecastle 23 [GSC] (site of) [T.I.] (1)

This was located on Feb. 14th 1930, "63 yds east of the Plantation wall". Its side walls are 10 ft. thick and its internal width is fifty feet. There are traces of a ditch round it, as at milecastle 25. (2-3)

Resurveyed at 1:2500. The site is marked by an earthen mound 1.2 m high, extensively spread by cultivation. The ditch is visible as a wide but superficial depression around the S., E., and W. sides. (4)

The milecastle survives as a platform up to 1m high; the ditch is superficial but surveyable to the south and east; the milecastle is possibly of long axis type. (5)

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A Roman milecastle is visible as an earthwork on air photographs at NY 9751 6893. The feature is visible as a platform with a narrow outer ditch. (7)

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Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (9)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

1:2500 1962

( 2) Externally held archive reference

Original MS T. Hepple 1930 (in possession of Durham University)

( 3) General reference

Handbook to the Romman Wall, 11th Edition, 1957 (Ed. I.A. Richmond) Page(s)78

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RL 12-JAN-66

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

Mark Bowden/25-JUL-1989/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project

( 6) Scheduled Monument Notification

14-JUL-1997

(7) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

RAF CPE/UK/2352 3098 04-Oct-1947

(8) Archaeologia Aeliana : or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity

'Excavations at Vallum Causeways on Hadrian's Wall in the 1950s', by B Heywood and D J Breeze 37, 2008 Page(s)47-92

(9) English Heritage 2010 An Archaeological Map of Hadrian's Wall, 1:25,000 scale

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