Page XVI Newton to Stanwix Milecastles 58 to 66

MC58 to MC66 From Milecastle 58 at Newton the Wall makes its way through Old Wall, Bleatarn Farm and Wall Head to Walby before being crossed by the M6 Motorway, The Wall moves on to the modern City of Carlisle. and the fort of STANWIX (PETRIANA). ******************* Logic ends at the Irthing bridgehead. For the fifty miles of the Wall from the Tyne crossing the Architects of the First Plan sought every military advantage in a somewhat unhelpful terrain. For the fifteen miles from the Coesike (MC 33) they won, boldly and resolutely, every particular degree of military strength from the precipituos escarpment of the Great Whin Sill. For the five miles west of the Irthing Bridgehead (MC 49) they planned the Wall along the crest of another escarpment - but the escarpment faced the wrong way, south ! *1(129) From the Irthing to the Eden crossing, the Wall is anomalous. *1 (138) In other words it deviates from the rules. Roman Mile = 1620 yards = 0.92Mile = 1.48km Start point for this page

Location Milecastle Segedunum to Pons Aelis Wallsend to 4 Pons Aelis to Condercum 4 to 7 Condercum to Heddon 7 to 12 Heddon to Harlow Hill 12 to 16 Harlow Hill to Portgate 16 to 22 Portgate to Chesters 22 to27 Chesters to Brocolitia 27 to31 Brocolitia to Vercovicivm 31 to 37 Vercovicivm to MC40 37 to 40 MC40 to Aesica 40 to 43 Aesica to Carvoran 43 to 46 Carvoran to Birdoswald 46 to49 Birdoswald to Hare Hill 49 to53 Hare Hill to Newton 53 to58 Newton to Stanwix 58 to 66 Stanwix to Dykesfield 66 to 73 Dykesfield to Maia 73 to Maia Links Contact Privacy Policy Milecastle Plan

^^^^^The site of Milecastle 58 NY49786258 exact unknown

The site of Milecastle 59 NY4854 6174 Excavated in 1894 Geo 1981

Uncertain but NY4719 6140 offered The site of Milecastle 60

At the road junction near to Wall Head farm NY4558 6088 The site of Milecastle 61

From here to the crossing of the A689 road the OS Explorer Map No315 advises the wall line is the right hand hedgerow.

500m east of Walby Long axis NY4430 6049 The site of Milecastle 62 <<<<<<<<<<

The Wall line turns S/West as it passes through Walby Farm

800m SW of Walby NY4315 5973 Walby West The site of Milecastle 63 <<<<<<<<<<

This track is shown on the OS 315 however using it is discouraged it is overgrown and littered with obstacles The Wall line as as advised before is down the right hand side all the way to where it is crossed by the A689

Beyond the A689 the Wall Line is along the picket fence on the right

The Wall line is crossed by the M6 Motorway

This Page is still in development NBM 2 MC to complete this page May 2018 **************

^^^^^^^^^^^ 800m SW of Walby NY4177 5874 Drawdykes The site of Milecastle 64 In a former Army Camp

Stanwix UXELODUNUM The Name of the Fort The fort was called Petrianis in the Notitia Dignitatum, but on the Ravenna Cosmography it is called Uxellodamo, whilst on the Rudge Cup and the Amiens Skillet it is called Uxelodum and Uxelodunum, respectively. The name Petrianis comes from the cohort that was stationed there. Uxelodunum, which appears to be a latinisation of a Celtic toponym, is thought to mean High Fort. It is thus likely that the name Petriana was a scribal error which confused the fort's name and the occupying unit, and that the fort's true name was Uxelodunum..*2Wiki Named for the ala Augusta Gallorum Pertiana bis torquata millitaria civiem Romanorum - the senior regiment of cavalry in the province of Britain. .*3 (136) This Regiment, 1000 strong, twice decorated with torques for valour and made Roman citizens..*4 FG176 Location 8 Miles west of CAMBOGLANNAand 5.5 miles east of ABALLAVA It stands on a natural platform above the River Eden. Uxelodunum was excavated in 1939 which traced the Wall line, a granary and barracks. the size of the Fort was found to be 700 ft from east to west and 580 ft from north to south. making it the largest and Most important fort on the Wall. .*5 FG 175 The Wall in this section was initially built in turf, and later converted into a stone wall, possibly in the second half of the second century AD. A length of the stone-built Wall was found in excavations by Simpson in 1932 within the playground of Stanwix Primary School. *6 EH

STANWIX FORT location in North East Carlisle

References for Page 15 *1 David Devine -The Northwest Frontier of Rome p129/130 *2 Tony Wilmott + - Excavations of a Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall and its successor settlements: 1987-92. English Heritage 1997 Archeological Report 14 *3 J C Bruce - The Handbook to the Roman Wall 8th edition 1927 Pg 49 *4 J C Bruce - The Handbook to the Roman Wall 10th edition 1947 Pg 184 *5 J C Bruce - The Handbook to the Roman Wall 10th edition 1947 Pg 183 *6 J C Bruce - The Handbook to the Roman Wall 10th edition 1947 Pg 184 Map:- Banna (Amboglanna) MacLaughlan 1857 Bust of Hadrian:- Muzeo, Nazionale, Naples

Milecastles This first plan provided for a wall 10ft wide, 15ft 6 inches high and surmounted by a 6ft crenellation. to the north of this was a 20 ft berm, a standard fighting ditch 30ft by 13ft 6 inches, and a glacis composed of the spoil of the ditch, approximately 60ft in width. At each Roman mile was a milecastle with a north gate opening through the Wall, surmounted by a defensive turret and a south gate. In the original plan there were two barracks and the milecastle maintained a turret on either hand for the patrol garrison. South of the wall was the Vallum, a complex consisting of a 20 ft ditch with a wide bottom section and mounds composed of spoil to north and south. The wall was built to the design width only on the eastern slope. The Milecastles built before the change of plan had 10ft wings on either side. The curtain wall as finally built was substantially narrower and the join is indicated in the diagram. This information and the diagram taken from Richard Devine The Northwest Frontier of the Roman Empire Chap2 pg 27

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