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Surroundings:

Milecastle 79 (Solway House)Milecastle 79 (Solway House)Bowness Watchtower 3a Pasture HouseAmberfieldBowness Watchtower 3bBowness Mile Fortlet 5

Location:

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Glasson
  • geo:54.939072,-3.166757
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Building (other)
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Hadrian’s Wall, Vallum  Aelium,  Vallum Hadriani

Segment XVI
Aballava to Congabata to Maia
Burgh-by-Sands to Bowness-on-Solway

Mile Castles: 73 - 80

Built:  122-128
Segment Length: 7.3 miles, 11.8  km

Mile Castles and turrets whose location and size can be documented are shown in outline form.

See:  http://www.northofthetyne.co.uk/HWC17.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall
http://structuralarchaeology.blogspot.com/2010/11/40-reverse-engineering-vallum.html


Nearby

Milecastle 77 (Raven Bank)

A milecastle situated on Hadrian's Wall.

Milecastle 78 (Kirkland)

A milecastle situated on Hadrian's Wall.

Turret 78A (Kirkland) (1 km)

A turret situated on Hadrian's Wall.


This object was added by Randal Gilbert on 2016-06-07. Last update by Randal Gilbert on 2016-06-07. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/27489 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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