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There were up to 80 milecastles on Hadrian's Wall, a stone frontier
structure built by the Romans in northern Britannia in the AD 120s.
Milecastles were guarded gateways through the Wall and would have been garrisoned by up to 30 men, although it probably varied depending on the location of the milecastle. These fortlets had internal buildings for
the men and horses, as seen here in this brilliant reconstruction
drawing of Poltross Burn Milecastle (Milecastle 48) in what is now
Cumbria, England. For how it looks today, there are photos in the
comment section.
Hadrian's Wall was 80 Roman miles long (73 modern miles), with a
milecastle built every Roman mile, approximately. In addition to these
small forts, there were up to 160 observation towers (turrets), two
spaced at a third of a Roman mile intervals in between each milecastle. However, each milecastle probably also had a tower above its north gate,
which would mean there was a tower every one third of a Roman mile along
the Wall, approximately—up to 240 towers in total. The Wall also had (arguably) 16 large forts, 13 of which were definitely attached to it. Hadrian's Wall forts from west to east (all forts are located in
northern England). Tick for the forts that are/were attached to the Wall:
1. Maia (Bowness-on-Solway)✅️
2. Concavata (Drumburgh)✅️
3. Aballava (Burgh by Sands)✅️
4. Uxelodunum/Petriana (Stanwix)✅️
5. Camboglanna (Castlesteads) Not attached
6. Banna (Birdoswald)✅️
7. Magna (Carvoran) Not attached
8. Aesica (Great Chesters)✅️
9. Vercovicium (Housesteads)✅️
10. Brocolitia (Carrawburgh)✅️
11. Cilurnum (Chesters)✅️
12. Hunnum (Haltonchesters)✅️
13.Vindobala (Rudchester)✅️
14. Condercum (Benwell)✅️
15. Pons Aelius (Newcastle) Might have been attached
16. Segedunum (Wallsend)✅️
Uxelodunum was the largest of these forts and was garrisoned by the Ala Petriana, an elite cavalry regiment.
This list does not include nearby forts such as Luguvalium or
Vindolanda, both of which are just south of Hadrian's Wall.
. . .
📷A reconstruction drawing of the milecastle at Poltross Burn as it may
have looked around AD 170. Because the structure was built on a slope,
the internal buildings had to be terraced and stepped to form usable
rooms with level floors. The ravine of the Poltross Burn is visible at
centre right, with Hadrian’s Wall heading east beyond. © Historic
England (illustration by Peter Lorimer)


Mark Railston
Got to say mate, as a history lover, your posts are spot on. Not fake
crap & always informative and useful. Keep up the good work
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International Man of History
Mark Railston thanks mate, appreciated.


David Richard Tobin
I suspect the wall was as much about charging tax/duty on goods imported
into Roman Britain as it was defence.
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International Man of History
David Richard Tobin depends on the time period and which Emperor. We
don't know Hadrian's reason for building it other than a reference
written 200 years later which states it was built to separate the Romans
from the barbarians. There is good evidence it was built in response to
warfare in Britain

Ilone Winters
does your international ancestry come from northern scotland...
im guessing not... why would anybody take souveneir shots of hadrians
wall and get excited about the romans invading them... history teaches
us to be enthralled by bloodthirsty children like the romans ... haven't
we learned much from them! What else is there of any value other than
taking all you can get.
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International Man of History
Ilone Winters actually, yes, my ancestry is predominantly Scots and
Irish. I live in northern England, Hadrian's Wall country.
Bitter much?
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Kelly Schulze
Ilone Winters History is history. Just because you post historical
pictures of certain sites doesn't mean you agree with the occupation of
those lands. Get a grip!


Pez Clarke
Ilone Winters what a weird take on history. You can be fascinated with
the past, without thinking they were 'right' you know? not mutually
exclusive. These were brutal times for the human race everywhere and the
Romans were a product of that time, but what they built and yes, the
peace and wealth they bought to their citizens, I do admire.
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Martyn Kerry
What have the Roman’s ever done for us? 😄
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Philip Law
Ilone Winters you might not think the Roman's welcome or civilized. But
when they left after 400yrs occupation things got a lot worse so can't
have been that bad.

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