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Milecastle 35 (Sewingshields) is one of the milecastles on
Pastscape, retrieved 27 November 2013 A Roman branch road running south from Milecastle 35 to join the
Pastscape, retrieved 3 December 2013
Pastscape, retrieved 27 November 2013 The medieval remains were removed during excavations.
Each milecastle on Hadrian's Wall had two associated
Pastscape, retrieved 27 November 2013 The turret measures 3.7 metres by 2.4 metres internally, and the walls are up to 0.75 metres high. It was excavated in 1958. A rough inscribed slab was found 19 metres east of the Turret in the 1958 excavations.MONUMENT NO. 952053
Pastscape, retrieved 3 December 2013
Pastscape, retrieved 27 November 2013 It was located in 1913 and excavated in 1946. The excavations showed that the turret had narrow walls and a door to the east. There are no visible remains above ground except for an earthwork platform measuring 3.8 metres by 5.5 metres and up to 0.5 metres high.
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall ( la, Vallum Aelium), also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or ''Vallum Hadriani'' in Latin, is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. R ...
(). The remains still exist as exposed masonry.
Description
The remains of Milecastle 35 are on the east-facing slope of Sewingshields Crags and survive as stone foundations. The milecastle measures 18.3 metres by 15.2 metres internally and its walls are up to 3.2 metres wide.MILECASTLE 35Pastscape, retrieved 27 November 2013 A Roman branch road running south from Milecastle 35 to join the
Military Way
Military Way may refer to:
* Roman Military Way (Hadrian's Wall)
* Roman Military Way (Antonine Wall) on the Antonine Wall
* The 18th-century highway, Military Road (Northumberland)
The Military Road is a name given locally to part of the B6 ...
survives as a low agger Agger may refer to:
* Agger (surname)
* Agger (ancient Rome), a type of ancient Roman rampart or embankment
* Agger (river), a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
* Agger nasi, an anatomical feature of the nose
* Agger Rockshelter, in Wisconsi ...
up to 5.5 metres wide and up to 20 centimetres high.MONUMENT NO. 951794Pastscape, retrieved 3 December 2013
Construction
Milecastle 35 was a long-axis milecastle with a Type IV gateway (south gate).Excavations
Milecastle 35 was excavated in 1947 and again between 1978 and 1980 (with an additional week in 1982). Several phases of internal buildings were detected. Phase I consisted of a small building 4.25 metres by 7.45 metres with stone footings. Phase II, probably dating to the late 2nd or early 3rd century, consisted of a new buildings on the east and west side. The site then fell into disrepair. Phase III consisted of new buildings, somewhat crudely constructed, with considerable industrial activity. Phase IV consisted of some new stone footings placed over previous metal-working areas. The site was reoccupied in the late medieval period (13th to 16th century), when two substantiallonghouse
A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building for communal dwelling. It has been built in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe, and North America.
Many were built from timber and often rep ...
buildings were built.MONUMENT NO. 938892Pastscape, retrieved 27 November 2013 The medieval remains were removed during excavations.
Associated turrets
Each milecastle on Hadrian's Wall had two associated turret
Turret may refer to:
* Turret (architecture), a small tower that projects above the wall of a building
* Gun turret, a mechanism of a projectile-firing weapon
* Objective turret, an indexable holder of multiple lenses in an optical microscope
* Mi ...
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 nearest milecastle's garrison. The turrets associated with Milecastle 35 are known as Turret 35A and Turret 35B.
Turret 35A
Turret 35A (Sewingshields Crag) () exists as a consolidated structure.TURRET 35APastscape, retrieved 27 November 2013 The turret measures 3.7 metres by 2.4 metres internally, and the walls are up to 0.75 metres high. It was excavated in 1958. A rough inscribed slab was found 19 metres east of the Turret in the 1958 excavations.MONUMENT NO. 952053
Pastscape, retrieved 3 December 2013
Turret 35B
Turret 35B (Busy Gap) () is at the top of the ridge before the descent into Busy Gap.TURRET 35BPastscape, retrieved 27 November 2013 It was located in 1913 and excavated in 1946. The excavations showed that the turret had narrow walls and a door to the east. There are no visible remains above ground except for an earthwork platform measuring 3.8 metres by 5.5 metres and up to 0.5 metres high.
Monument records
Public access
The milecastle, Turret 35A, and the site of Turret 35B, are all accessible via theHadrian's Wall Path
Hadrian's Wall Path is a long-distance footpath in the north of England, which became the 15th National Trail in 2003. It runs for , from Wallsend on the east coast of England to Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast. For most of its length it ...
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References
External links
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