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MILECASTLE 26

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The site of milecastle 26, part of the defences on Hadrian's Wall. It was excavated in 1930 and found to be a long axis type. There are no visible remains of the milecastle; the site is mainly occupied by the modern road and the garden of "Planetrees".

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[NY 9311 6953] Milecastle [G.S.C.] (site of) (1)

This is of long-axis type, and was examined on Feb. 5th 1930. The measurements to the internal faces of the side walls were 24 ft. and 37 ft. respectively from the east side of the service road to Planetrees. [Hepple's sketch shows the centre at NY 9309 6952.] (2-3)

There are no visible remains; the site is mainly covered by a modern road. Resited on O.S. 25" from Hepple's sketch. (4)

The milecastle was excavated in 1930 and found to be a long axis type (5a). There are no visible remains of the milecastle; the site is mainly occupied by the modern road and the garden of "Planetrees". The Ordnance Survey siting at NY 9309 6953 is accepted. (5)

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Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (7)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

1:2500 1961

( 2) Externally held archive reference

Mss. T. Hepple 1930 (in possession of Durham University)

( 3) by Eric Birley 1961 Research on Hadrian's Wall

Page(s)97

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RWE 11-JAN-66

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

Keith Blood/12-SEP-1989/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project

( 5a) Archaeologia Aeliana : or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity

8, 1931 Page(s)305-27

( 6) Scheduled Monument Notification

14-JUL-1997

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

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