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Every Roman mile (1000 paces) there was a milecastle, like a fortified gateway.
Archive 2009-09-01 lili 2009
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Every Roman mile (1000 paces) there was a milecastle, like a fortified gateway.
Hadrian's Wall Day #1 lili 2009
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Between each milecastle were two watchtower turrets.
Archive 2009-09-01 lili 2009
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Between each milecastle were two watchtower turrets.
Hadrian's Wall Day #1 lili 2009
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The key English Heritage sites in Cumbria include Carlisle Castle and Birdoswald Roman Fort, where there is a visitor centre as well as the remains of a Roman fort, turret and milecastle.
News round-up 2009
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It took a man 2 1/2 minutes to run along the wall from one turret/milecastle to the next, so if you kept swapping men, you could get a message from one side of the country to the other in a couple of hours. (is this boring?
Hadrian's Wall Day #1 lili 2009
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It took a man 2 1/2 minutes to run along the wall from one turret/milecastle to the next, so if you kept swapping men, you could get a message from one side of the country to the other in a couple of hours. (is this boring?
Archive 2009-09-01 lili 2009
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