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Milecastle 37

Milecastle 37 is one of the milecastles on . It is immediately west of the .
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Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: milecastle on Hadrian’s Wall
  • Also known as: “Housesteads West (milecastle)” and “MC37”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Housesteads Roman Fort and Knag Burn Gateway.

Photo: Fryslan0109, Public domain.
was an auxiliary fort on , 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. is situated 1,600 feet east of Milecastle 37.

Ruins
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a gateway which was built into some time after construction of the wall itself, generally acknowledged to be during the fourth century. is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Milecastle 37.

Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a milecastle on 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. is situated 1 mile southwest of Milecastle 37.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Once Brewed and Henshaw.

Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England. It lies on the Military Road B6318. A motorist arriving over the B6138 from the east will see the place name shield "Once Brewed", while those coming from the west will read "Twice Brewed". is situated 2½ miles southwest of Milecastle 37.

Hamlet
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is a small village and civil parish in , within the vicinity of the ancient . It is located around 11.5 miles from , 25.5 miles from , and 33 miles from . is situated 3 miles southwest of Milecastle 37.

Village
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is a village in , , which had a population of 2,184 in the 2011 census. Its most distinctive features are the two bridges crossing the : the picturesque original bridge after which the village was named and a modern bridge which used to carry the A69 road. is situated 4½ miles southeast of Milecastle 37.

Milecastle 37

Latitude
55.01227° or 55° 0′ 44″ north
Longitude
-2.33771° or 2° 20′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C7V2M66+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 304530503
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q16156512
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Highlights include Housesteads Museum and West Gate.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Milecastle 37”. Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.