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Milecastle 0

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Milecastle 0 is a possible milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall which may have preexisted the fort of Segedunum. [1]

13 relations: Castra, Course (architecture), Eric Birley, Evening Chronicle, Hadrian's Wall, Historic England Archive, John Horsley (antiquarian), Mile, Milecastle, Roman Empire, Segedunum, Turret (Hadrian's Wall), Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Castra

In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word castrum (plural castra) was a building, or plot of land, used as a fortified military camp.

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Course (architecture)

A course is a layer of the same unit running horizontally in a wall.

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Eric Birley

Eric Barff Birley"," Society of Antiquaries of London.

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Evening Chronicle

The Evening Chronicle is a daily, evening newspaper produced in Newcastle upon Tyne, covering Tyne and Wear, southern Northumberland and northern County Durham.

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Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall (Vallum Aelium), also called the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Hadriani in Latin, was a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the emperor Hadrian.

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Historic England Archive

The Historic England Archive is the public archive of Historic England, located in The Engine House on Fire Fly Avenue in Swindon, formerly part of the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway.

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John Horsley (antiquarian)

John Horsley (c. 1685 – 12 January 1732) was a British antiquarian, known primarily for his book Britannia Romana or The Roman Antiquities of Britain which was published in 1732.

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Mile

The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959.

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Milecastle

A milecastle was a small fort (fortlet), a rectangular fortification built during the period of the Roman Empire.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Segedunum

Segedunum was a Roman fort at modern-day Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England, UK.

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Turret (Hadrian's Wall)

A turret was a small watch tower, incorporated into the curtain wall of Hadrian's Wall.

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Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne

Walker is a residential suburb and electoral ward just east of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milecastle_0

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