Milecastle 38

Milecastle 38 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 Britannia at the time the Wall was built.

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: milecastle on Hadrian’s Wall
Also known as: “Hotbank Farm (milecastle)”, “MC38”, “Meilenkastell Hotbank Farm”, and “MK 38”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sycamore Gap tree and Vindolanda.

Sycamore Gap tree

Photo: Clementp1986, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sycamore Gap tree, also known as the Robin Hood tree, is a 150-year-old sycamore tree next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England. Sycamore Gap tree is situated 3,800 feet west of Milecastle 38.

Vindolanda

Fort

Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.

Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which it pre-dated. Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD. Vindolanda is situated 1 mile south of Milecastle 38.

Housesteads Roman Fort

Photo: Fryslan0109, Public domain.

Housesteads Roman Fort was an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland, England. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the 1-mile -long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills. Housesteads Roman Fort is situated 1¼ miles east of Milecastle 38.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Once Brewed and Henshaw.

Once Brewed

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Once Brewed is a village in Northumberland, England. It lies on the Military Road. A motorist arriving over the B6318 from the east will see the place name shield "Once Brewed", while those coming from the west will read "Twice Brewed".

Henshaw

Hamlet

Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Henshaw is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, within the vicinity of the ancient Hadrian's Wall. It is located around 11.5 miles from Hexham, 25.5 miles from Carlisle, and 33 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne. Henshaw is situated 2 miles south of Milecastle 38.

Haltwhistle

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.

Haltwhistle is a market town in Northumberland, along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. Hadrian's Wall is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

Milecastle 38

Categories: milecastle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Bardon Mill, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.00722° or 55° 0′ 26″ north

Longitude

-2.35676° or 2° 21′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C7V2J4V+V7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 52758357

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q6851174

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In Other Languages

“Milecastle 38” goes by many names.

German: “Meilenkastell 38”

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Highlights include Milking Gap and Crag Lough.

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