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Milecastle 27
Milecastle 27 in England North East, United Kingdom.
Oliver Dixon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Milecastle 27 is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Milecastle 27 (Low Brunton) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. It was located on the line of Hadrian's Wall, approximately midway between the A6079 and the River North Tyne. Its remains survive as a slight squarish platform with a maximum height of 0.4 metres (1.3 ft), but it is poorly defined to the north and east.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Architecture
Milecastle 27 was a long-axis milecastle with unknown gateway type. Such milecastles were thought to have been constructed by the Legio XX Valeria Victrix who were based in Deva Victrix (Chester). The milecastle had internal dimensions of 60 ft N-S and 50 ft E-W. The milecastle is of type IV, with broad side walls. The Milecastle was set in the Broad Wall which, at this point had a clay core with facing stones set in mortar, and unusually broad foundations (varying between 3.35 m and 3.5 m).
Visiting
There is no public access to Milecastle 27, or the calculated site of Turret 27B. Access to Turret 27A is with English Heritage admission to Chesters Roman Fort.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.0243, -2.1318
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Humshaugh
- Postcode
- NE46 4ET
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
- Official site
- www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q6851164 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Milecastle 27 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Milecastle 27?
- Milecastle 27 is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0243°, -2.1318°.