Milecastle 39

Milecastle 39 is a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Ruins
Description: small Roman fort, part of Hadrian’s Wall
Also known as: “Castle Nick”, “MC39”, “Milecastle 39 (Castle Nick)”, and “Nick (milecastle)”

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 400 feet east of Milecastle 39.

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 southeast of Milecastle 39.

Crag Lough

Photo: Andy Hay, CC BY 2.0.

Crag Lough is an inland lake at the southern edge of Northumberland National Park, 2.5 miles north of Bardon Mill, and 0.5 miles north of the B6318 Military Road in Northumberland, northern England. Crag Lough is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Milecastle 39.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Once Brewed and Haltwhistle.

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".

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.

Plenmeller

Locality

Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plenmeller is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Plenmeller with Whitfield, in Northumberland, England about a mile southeast of Haltwhistle. In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. Plenmeller is situated 4 miles southwest of Milecastle 39.

Milecastle 39

Categories: milecastle, building, archaeological site, and historic site
Location: Henshaw, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.00365° or 55° 0′ 13″ north

Longitude

-2.3758° or 2° 22′ 33″ west

Open location code

9C7V2J3F+FM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 273116758

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q6851175

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In Other Languages

“Milecastle 39” goes by many names.

German: “Meilenkastell 39”
German: “Meilenkastell Nick”
German: “MK 39”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sycamore Gap and Steel Rigg.

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