Milecastle 3
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Milecastle 3 probably overlooked the Ouseburn ravine
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Milecastle 3 (Ouseburn) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. No remains exist, but it was thought to have been located at the junction of the A187 Byker Bridge and Stephen Street.
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Construction
No evidence exists as to the configuration or type of Milecastle 3, though the curtain wall at this stage was almost certainly a narrow configuration.[1]
Excavations and investigations
- 1789 - Brand visited the site, but noted that many of the stones had been removed from the foundations some years previously, for use in the building of an adjoining house.[4]
- 1848 - Collingwood Briuce reported that a small, partly illegible altar had been found close to the presumed site of the milecastle. The altar (NMR Number: NZ 26 SE 227) was dedicated by Julius Maximus. Having searched the area, he could find no trace of Roman remains.[1]
- 1858 - Henry MacLauchlan surveyed the area but reported no dependable trace of the milecastle.[5]
- 1928 - FG Simpson measured the distance from Milecastle 2 to Milecastle 3 as 1,450 yards (1,330 m).[5]
- 1979 - Exploratory trenches were sunk during the building of the Metro, revealing no trace of the milecastle.[5]
Associated Turrets
Each milecastle on Hadrian's Wall had two associated turret structures. These turrets were positioned approximately one-third and two-thirds of a Roman mile to the west of the Milecastle, and would probably have been manned by part of the milecastle's garrison. The turrets associated with Milecastle 3 are known as Turret 3A and Turret 3B.
Turret 3A
Nothing is known of Turret 3A.[6]
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Turret 3B
Nothing is known of Turret 3B.[7]
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Monument Records
Monument | Monument Number | English Heritage Archive Number |
Milecastle 3 | 24904 | NZ 26 SE 15 |
Turret 3A | 24907 | NZ 26 SE 16 |
Turret 3B | 24912 | NZ 26 SE 17 |
References
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Bibliography
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