Where is Milecastle 33?

Milecastle 33 is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0309°, -2.2661°.

UNESCO World Heritage · North East England

Milecastle 33

Milecastle 33 in England North East, United Kingdom.

Shield on the Wall Dam, Hadrian's Wall - geograph.org.uk - 124375 — Les Hull — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Milecastle 33 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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Milecastle 33 (Shield on the Wall) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall, one of a series of small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along the length of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern England. Its remains exist as clearly visible earthworks, with the exception of part of the north gate and wall, and a fragment of the south gate, which are exposed. Exposed parts survive to a maximum height of 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) (north wall). The remains are located a few metres to the north of the B6318 Military Road.

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Architecture

Milecastle 33 was a long-axis milecastle with Type II gateways. Such milecastles were thought to have been constructed by the legio XX Valeria Victrix who were based in Deva Victrix (Chester). The external dimensions of the milecastle are 78 ft by 68 ft, and the large, monolithic threshold installed is of the same type installed in milecastles 13, 17, and 53. <gallery> Image:Milecastle 33 on Hadrian's Wall - geograph.org.uk - 1020188.jpg|Remains of the north gateway </gallery>

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