Milecastle 18 (East Wallhouses) (Matfen)
[NZ 04816836] Milecastle 18 (GSC) (Site of) (TI). (1)
Milecastle 18 is about a furlong west of the Robin Hood Inn, where a road turns south to a farmhouse. It was found in 1931 to measure 53ft 8ins from east to west, by 59ft 6ins from north to south, and its side walls are 7ft 9ins thick. Its gates are of type I (viz both the piers and the passage walls are composed of large masonry). (2)
Excavations in 1931 revealed a milecastle of the long-axis type, largely robbed except where covered by the road. [There is no plan showing relationship to nearby detail. Outline apparently plotted from measurements given in this and other articles using OS siting symbol as datum]. (3)
Surveyed at 1/2500. There are no structural remains at milecastle 18 though its western side is visible as an earthen platform 0.5m high. The remainder has been obliterated by a track and an arable field. (4)
Scheduled. (5)
There is no visible trace of the milecastle. (6a)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (6b)
General association with HER 9948 (Turret 18a) and HER 9949 (Turret 18b). (6)
Milecastle 18 is about a furlong west of the Robin Hood Inn, where a road turns south to a farmhouse. It was found in 1931 to measure 53ft 8ins from east to west, by 59ft 6ins from north to south, and its side walls are 7ft 9ins thick. Its gates are of type I (viz both the piers and the passage walls are composed of large masonry). (2)
Excavations in 1931 revealed a milecastle of the long-axis type, largely robbed except where covered by the road. [There is no plan showing relationship to nearby detail. Outline apparently plotted from measurements given in this and other articles using OS siting symbol as datum]. (3)
Surveyed at 1/2500. There are no structural remains at milecastle 18 though its western side is visible as an earthen platform 0.5m high. The remainder has been obliterated by a track and an arable field. (4)
Scheduled. (5)
There is no visible trace of the milecastle. (6a)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (6b)
General association with HER 9948 (Turret 18a) and HER 9949 (Turret 18b). (6)
N9947
EXCAVATION, East Wallhouses, Milecastle 18 1931
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R Lewis
TRIAL TRENCH, Vallum Farm, East Wallhouses 1979; English Heritage
WATCHING BRIEF, B6318 'Military Road', Throckley-Gilsland 2007; Pre-Construct Archaeology
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project ; RCHME
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R Lewis
TRIAL TRENCH, Vallum Farm, East Wallhouses 1979; English Heritage
WATCHING BRIEF, B6318 'Military Road', Throckley-Gilsland 2007; Pre-Construct Archaeology
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project ; RCHME
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