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Description: | In 1936 the milecastle was excavated and found to be of short axis type with type I gates. The pivots must have been set at a higher level than the foundation slabs to enable the doors to open. Consolidated and in care of English Heritage, mileastle 42 lies on a steep south facing slope, 8m to 10m south of the steep north-facing crags and looks over Hole Gap to the west. It measures 17.8m east-west by 14.4m north-south internally with walls 2.8m thick and 1.4m high; the whole slopes internally north-south by 15 to 20 degrees. The north gate is well built, jutting out north and south of the Wall-line, measuring 3.4m in width and 1.5m in height, inserted into a wall which is 2.9m thick. The inner doorway of the north gate is 2.8m wide, the outer doorway 2.6m wide and it is 3.4m wide in the centre. The south gateway similarly projects from the wall-line of the milecastle and survives up to 1.6m in height. The inner doorway of the south gate is 2.7m wide, the outer 2.9m wide and it is 3.4m wide in the centre. The east and west walls of the milecastle survive up to 1.4m high with five courses of stone. Part of a dedication slab, IMP CAES TRAIAN H. AUG LEG II AUG A. PLA NEPOTE LEG PR PR; and a tombstone inscribed D MANIBUS S DAGVALDS M-1 I PAN UIXIT AN PASINNA CON X TITULA POS were recovered from the milecastle, are in Chesters Museum. | Subjects: | Defence Milecastle | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | National Monuments Record | Identifier: | http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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