| Milecastle 37 | |
|---|---|
 Remains of Milecastle 37 | |
  Location within Northumberland | |
| Type | Milecastle |
| Place in the Roman world | |
| Province | Britannia |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 55°00′44″N2°20′16″W / 55.01234°N 2.337652°W |
| County | Northumberland |
| Country | England |
| Reference | |
| UK-OSNG reference | NY78506869 |
Milecastle 37 is one of the milecastles on Hadrian's Wall. It is immediately west of the Housesteads Roman Fort (grid reference NY78506869 ).
The remains have been partly reconstructed and consolidated; it is now in the care of English Heritage. The wall has a maximum height of 2.2 metres internally. [1] The milecastle has a short axis, with a Type I gateway. [1] The milecastle contains the remains of a small barrack block in the east half which survives to 1.0 metres high. [1]
The first excavations of Milecastle 37 were in 1853, 1907 and 1933. [1] A re-used corner of a Hadrianic dedication slab was found in 1853, and two altars inscribed to Cocidius and Jupiter were found near the milecastle. [1]
Excavations in 1988-9 showed three periods of the north gate, having been built, blocked, then partly demolished. [1]
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 37 are known as Turret 37A and Turret 37B.
Turret 37A (Rapishaw Gap) (grid reference NY78056861 ) was located by exploratory excavation in 1911. [2] The turret appears to have been demolished in the Roman period. [2] The turret is visible only as a slight earthwork on air photographs. [2]
Turret 37B (Hotbank Crag) (grid reference NY77586847 ) was also located by exploratory excavation in 1911. [3] The site is indicated by a stone-studded earthen platform. [3]
The milecastle, and the sites of both turrets are accessible via the Hadrian's Wall Path.
Milecastle 48 , is a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall. Its remains lie near the village of Gilsland in Cumbria where it was historically known as "The King's Stables", owing to the well-preserved interior walls. Unusually a substantial section of stone stairs has survived within the milecastle. The two turrets associated with this milecastle have also survived as above-ground masonry.
Milecastle 49 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Milecastle 50 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Milecastle 51 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Milecastle 52 (Bankshead) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Milecastle 53 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Milecastle 39 is a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Milecastle 38 (Hotbank) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall in the vicinity of Hotbank Farm,. It is notable for the joint inscription bearing the names of the emperor Hadrian and Aulus Platorius Nepos, the governor of Brittania at the time the Wall was built.
Milecastle 42 (Cawfields) is a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Milecastle 47 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Milecastle 27 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. It was located on the line of Hadrian's Wall, approximately midway between the A6079 and the River North Tyne. Its remains survive as a slight squarish platform with a maximum height of 0.4 metres (1.3 ft), but it is poorly defined to the north and east.
Milecastle 34 (Grindon) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. There are no visible remains, but the site is within a small, tree-filled, walled enclosure located around 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) east of Sewingshields farm.
Milecastle 44 (Allolee) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Milecastle 35 (Sewingshields) is one of the milecastles on Hadrian's Wall. The remains still exist as exposed masonry.
Milecastle 36 was one of the milecastles on Hadrian's Wall. There is little to see on the ground as most of the walls have been robbed and quarried away.
Milecastle 41 (Melkridge) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Milecastle 43 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall. It was obliterated when the fort at Great Chesters (Aesica) was built.
Milecastle 45 (Walltown) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Milecastle 57 (Cambeckhill) was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Milecastle 68 is a conjectured milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. The site of the milecastle has been calculated from measurement to known milecastle sites, but no remains providing proof of its existence have been identified.
Media related to Milecastle 37 at Wikimedia Commons Forts and structures of Hadrian's Wall | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wall Forts (East to West) |   | |
| Outpost Forts | ||
| Stanegate Forts |
| |
| Supply Forts | ||
| Cumbrian Coast Forts (North to South) |
| |
| Milecastles | ||
| Milefortlets | ||
| Other structures on Hadrian's Wall | ||
| Regular and linear features | ||