04-16-2008, 09:01 PM
Quote:Mile castle 5 (Quarry House)stood at the junction Westgate Road and Corporation Street It's position falls at just a Roman mile from the abutment of Hadrians' bridge.I see where we are at odds.
The milecastles in this sector were re-assessed in the 1980s, with the discovery of a new milecastle in an unexpected location.
The new milecastle, now called MC 4 (Westgate Road), lies some way west of the position suggested on the OS map. In effect, instead of being east of the fort at Newcastle, it is west of the fort.
Hence our confusion (and the reason I wrote that the fort lay between MC3 and MC4).
Quote:Mile castle 6 must have been at Benwell Grove, but no remains of it are recorded. Therefore the Pons Aelius fort has to be between 4 and 5, and then of course my reference of 4 to 5 was with regard to the Vallum which may never be found.Actually, 3 and 4, by the "new" (20 years old, now) numbering.
Quote:The forts general wereabouts are known, so we can make a guesstimate as to the area of the ramparts.My perseverance has paid off. I have finally unearthed a plan of the Newcastle fort (attached below).
(I think you'll now realise the reason for my pessimism regarding a reconstruction!)
