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Milecastle 42
Milecastle 42 in England North East, United Kingdom.
Michael Preston — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Milecastle 42 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 42 (Cawfields) is a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY7157466692).
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
Milecastle 42 is on a steep south-facing slope, 10 metres south of Cawfield Crags, and looks over Hole Gap to the west. It is on a well-preserved section of Hadrian's Wall. It measures 17.8 metres east–west by 14.4 metres north–south internally, with walls 2.8 metres thick and 1.4 metres high.
Visiting
The milecastle and the site of Turrets 42B are both accessible via the Hadrian's Wall Path. Cawfields Picnic Area car park is on the line of the Hadrian's Wall Path, between the two sites. It is signposted from the B6318 (Military Road).
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.9940, -2.4458
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Haltwhistle
- Postcode
- NE49 9PJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
Sources
- wikidata: Q16156578 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Milecastle 42 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Milecastle 42?
- Milecastle 42 is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9940°, -2.4458°.