Milecastle 68

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Milecastle 68

The footbridge over Boomby Gill
Location within United Kingdom Cumbria
Type Milecastle
Location
Coordinates 54°54′15″N 2°58′15″W / 54.904240°N 2.970858°W / 54.904240; -2.970858
County Cumbria
Country England
Reference
UK-OSNG reference NY37115715

Milecastle 68 (Boomby Gill) is a conjectured milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. The site of the milecastle (adjacent to Boomby Gill) has been calculated from measurement to known milecastle sites, but no remains providing proof of its existence have been identified.[1]

Excavations and investigations

  • 1972 - English Heritage Field Investigation. An old excavation trench was noted at grid reference NY37095717. The Field Investigator speculated that it could have been opened in an attempt to find the North-West angle of the milecastle, but without apparent success. The trench had, however revealed many undressed stones, some large.[1]
  • 1990 - Hadrian's Wall Project Field Investigation. It was noted that no visible remains existed, and no trace of the trench noted by the previous Field Investigator could be identified.[1]

Associated Turrets

Each milecastle on Hadrian's Wall had two associated turret structures. These turrets were positioned approximately one-third and two-thirds of a Roman mile to the west of the Milecastle, and would probably have been manned by part of the milecastle's garrison. The turrets associated with Milecastle 68 are known as Turret 68A (grid reference NY369575) and Turret 68B (grid reference NY368579), though no evidence of either has been identified.

Monument Records

Monument Monument NumberNational Monuments Record Number
Milecastle 6810588NY 35 NE 14

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Milecastle 68". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 08 Jan 2014. 

Bibliography

Structures of Hadrian's Wall
Milecastles
Milefortlets
Other structures on Hadrian's Wall
Regular and linear features
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