02-26-2014, 07:20 PM
Almost all of the forts on Hadrian's Wall are not only attached to the wall but in fact overlap the wall with their three northern gates beyond it so that troops can come out of any of the three to defend against any attack from the north.
Then there were the milecastles every Roman mile apart with two turrets in between each of these at 500 yard intervals and of course the ditch and vallum mounds behind the wall that serve as a defence behind the wall.
Then as mentioned earlier how would the wall have terminated at this point with the wall not attached to the fort, would it have simply been an open ended wall that any enemy could have very easily just walked around for this fort is some five miles or so from the east coast.
Then there were the milecastles every Roman mile apart with two turrets in between each of these at 500 yard intervals and of course the ditch and vallum mounds behind the wall that serve as a defence behind the wall.
Then as mentioned earlier how would the wall have terminated at this point with the wall not attached to the fort, would it have simply been an open ended wall that any enemy could have very easily just walked around for this fort is some five miles or so from the east coast.
Brian Stobbs
