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Milecastle 11 (Throckley Bank Top)
Milecastle 11 (Throckley Bank Top), a conjectural Hadrian's Wall milecastle at Drove Road and Hexham Road, Throckley, Newcastle; never found despite searches in 1928, 1929, 1959, and 1983; near the 1879 Walbottle hoard.
Milecastle 12 (Heddon)
Milecastle 12 (Heddon) was a milecastle of Hadrian's Wall, the Roman frontier in northern England, at Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland, now believed to lie west of its traditional Town Farm site, in Tank House Field.
Milecastle 13 (Rudchester Burn)
Milecastle 13 (Rudchester Burn), a short-axis milecastle of Hadrian's Wall in Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland, near Vindobala fort; survives as a low mound, excavated 1930, with a 1776 coin hoard latest AD 168.
Milecastle 14 (March Burn)
Milecastle 14 (March Burn) is a Roman milecastle on Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, at NZ 1068 6768; the only known short-axis Broad Wall milecastle, heavily robbed, evaluated in 2000, scheduled monument SM26040.
Milecastle 15 (Whitchester)
Milecastle 15 (Whitchester) was a long-axis milecastle of Roman Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England, surviving as a 1-meter-high platform south of the B6318 Military Road, identified from an RAF aerial photograph in 1958 but never excavated.
Milecastle 16 (Harlow Hill)
Milecastle 16 (Harlow Hill), a buried Roman milecastle of Hadrian's Wall on Harlow Hill's crest, Northumberland; examined by Horsley in 1732 and excavated by Hepple and Richmond in the 1950s; nothing visible above ground.
Milecastle 17 (Welton)
Milecastle 17 (Welton/Whittledean), a short-axis milecastle of Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 17 beneath the B6318 Military Road; excavated 1931 and 1999, measuring 17.68 by 14.93 m internally, with a Type I north gate and broad north wall.
Milecastle 18 (East Wallhouses)
Milecastle 18 (East Wallhouses) is a Roman milecastle on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, partly excavated in 1931 with walls almost 2.5 m thick, no visible remains, near turrets 18a and 18b.
Milecastle 19 (Matfen Piers)
Milecastle 19 (Matfen Piers), a long-axis Narrow Wall milecastle on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, 150 m east of Matfen Piers under the B6318; excavated 1931–32 and 1999, known for a Varduli altar to the Mothers, now almost totally destroyed.
Milecastle 2 (Walker)
Milecastle 2 was a milecastle of Roman Hadrian's Wall in the Walker district of Newcastle upon Tyne, built over by 1885, with no visible remains today.
Milecastle 21 (Down Hill)
Milecastle 21 (Down Hill), an unlocated milecastle of Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland near Haltonchesters fort; its measured position is discredited and a Down Hill summit 180m east is favored.
Milecastle 22 (Portgate)
Milecastle 22 (Portgate) was a Hadrian's Wall fortlet in Northumberland, excavated 1930, 55 ft wide, Type III north gateway blocked early because the adjacent Portgate on Dere Street made it redundant.
Milecastle 23 (Stanley)
Milecastle 23 (Stanley) is a scheduled Roman milecastle site on Hadrian's Wall in Corbridge parish, Northumberland, near Portgate; partly excavated in 1930 (15 m internal width, 2.9 m walls), overlooking Dere Street.
Milecastle 24 (Wall Fell)
Milecastle 24 (Wall Fell), also MC24, is a Roman milecastle on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, surviving as a turf covered mound south of the B6318, partly excavated in 1930, within Scheduled Monument 1010958.
Milecastle 25 (Codlawhill)
Milecastle 25 (Codlawhill), also called Codlaw Hill or MC25, was a long-axis milecastle of Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, surviving as a 1 m platform south of the B6318, partly excavated in 1930, with one of only two visible milecastle causeways across the Wall ditch.
Milecastle 26 (Planetrees)
Milecastle 26 (Planetrees), a milecastle of Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, lies buried beneath the B6318 Military Road with no visible remains; partly excavated by Hepple in 1930, near the Planetrees broad-to-narrow wall junction.
Milecastle 27 (Low Brunton)
Milecastle 27 (Low Brunton), a Hadrian's Wall milecastle on the east bank of the River North Tyne, Northumberland; long-axis type IV fortlet, 18 by 15 m internally, clay bonded core, partly excavated 1952, no public access.
Milecastle 28 (Walwick)
Milecastle 28 (Walwick), an unlocated milecastle fortlet of Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England; no visible remains, predicted site where the B6318 bends entering Walwick, within Scheduled Monument 1010960.
Milecastle 29 (Tower Tye)
Milecastle 29 (Tower Tye), a long-axis milecastle fortlet of Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, survives as robber trenches beside the B6318; one of few with an external ditch, near turrets 29a Black Carts and 29b.
Milecastle 3 (Ouseburn)
Milecastle 3 (Ouseburn), a lost milecastle of Hadrian's Wall at Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne; seen by Stukeley and Horsley in the 18th century, now with no visible remains, its site scheduled but unlocated by excavation.
Milecastle 30 (Limestone Corner)
Milecastle 30 (Limestone Corner) is a milecastle fortlet of Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, at the Wall's most northerly point. Narrow wall on broad foundation, bedrock-cut ditch 2.8m deep, 1951 Vallum causeway excavation found not primary.
Milecastle 31 (Carrowburgh)
Milecastle 31 (Carrowburgh/Carrawburgh) is a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, east of Carrawburgh car park near Brocolitia fort; survives as a 0.25 m platform, excavated by E. Birley in 1934, scheduled and Grade I listed.
Milecastle 32 (Carraw)
Milecastle 32 (Carraw), also MC32, is a long-axis milecastle of Hadrian's Wall near Carraw Farm, Northumberland, surviving as robbed earthworks with fourth-century pottery and turrets 32A and 32B under the B6318 road.
Milecastle 33 (Shield-on-the-Wall)
Milecastle 33 (Shield-on-the-Wall) is a long-axis gateway fortlet on Wall Mile 33 of Hadrian's Wall, north of the B6318, with Type II gateways, surviving as earthworks; some sources place the name at Milecastle 41.
Milecastle 34 (Grindon)
Milecastle 34 (Grindon) is a buried milecastle of Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, near Sewingshields, with no surface remains, marked by a copse of trees, recorded by Horsley in the 1730s.
Milecastle 35 (Sewingshields)
Milecastle 35 (Sewingshields), a fortified gateway post on Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, on Sewingshields Crags. Unusually has no north gate due to 30 m crags; excavated 1947 and 1978–80; later medieval reoccupation.
Milecastle 36 (King's Hill)
Milecastle 36 (King's Hill), a Roman milecastle on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland on the summit of Kings Hill; excavated 1946, narrow walls, north gate rebuilt c. AD 180, now few surface remains after quarrying and stone robbing.
Milecastle 37 (Housesteads)
Milecastle 37 (Housesteads) is a Roman milecastle on Hadrian's Wall, immediately west of Housesteads fort on Housesteads Crags, Northumberland. A short-axis fortlet excavated in 1853, 1907, 1933 and 1988-89, with a blocked north gateway and 2.2 m standing walls.
Milecastle 38 (Hotbank)
Milecastle 38, known as Hotbank, is a Roman milecastle on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England, excavated in 1935 and notable for inscriptions naming Emperor Hadrian.
Milecastle 39 (Castle Nick)
Milecastle 39, called Castle Nick, is a Roman milecastle on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, near Sycamore Gap. Excavated by Clayton, Simpson, and Crow (1985-1987), it was occupied from the AD 120s into the 4th century.