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Milecastle 34
Milecastle 34 in England North East, United Kingdom.
Mike Quinn — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–4 h
- Family-friendly
About
Milecastle 34 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 34 (Grindon) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. There are no visible remains, but the site is within a small, tree-filled, walled enclosure located around 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) east of Sewingshields farm.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Architecture
Milecastle 34 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).
Visiting
Both the milecastle and turret 34A are readily accessible from the Hadrian's Wall Path. Having been built over, turret 34B is not accessible.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.0287, -2.2877
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Haydon
- Postcode
- NE47 6NW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
Sources
- wikidata: Q15253381 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Milecastle 34 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Milecastle 34?
- Milecastle 34 is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0287°, -2.2877°.