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Cumbria</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Milecastle" title="Milecastle">Milecastle</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ccccff">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Milecastle_52&params=54.976967_N_2.658574_W_type:landmark_region:GB-ENG"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°58′37″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°39′31″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.976967°N 2.658574°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.976967; -2.658574</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">County</th><td class="infobox-data">Cumbria</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">England</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ccccff">Reference</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">UK-OSNG</a> reference</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Milecastle_52&params=54.976922_N_2.658651_W_region:GB_scale:25000">NY57946490</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Milecastle 52 (Bankshead)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Milecastle" title="Milecastle">milecastle</a> on <a href="/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall" title="Hadrian's Wall">Hadrian's Wall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">grid reference</a> <span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Milecastle_52&params=54.976922_N_2.658651_W_region:GB_scale:25000">NY57946490</a></span>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milecastle_52&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Milecastle 52 is west of <a href="/wiki/Banna_(Birdoswald)" title="Banna (Birdoswald)">Birdoswald fort</a>. It lies 1484 metres west of <a href="/wiki/Milecastle_51" title="Milecastle 51">Milecastle 51</a> and 1520 metres east of <a href="/wiki/Milecastle_53" title="Milecastle 53">Milecastle 53</a>. The site is occupied by Bankshead House and garden.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is no trace of the milecastle visible.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Excavations">Excavations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milecastle_52&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Excavations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Milecastle 52 was excavated in 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although not now visible, excavation showed that it measures 27.5 m east to west by 23.4 m north to south and that it has <a href="/wiki/Milecastle_gateways" class="mw-redirect" title="Milecastle gateways">Type III gateways</a>. The stone milecastle replaced its underlying predecessor, Milecastle 52TW on the <a href="/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall#Turf_Wall" title="Hadrian's Wall">Turf Wall</a>. </p><p>In 1808 two altars to the local deity <a href="/wiki/Cocidius" title="Cocidius">Cocidius</a> were discovered here.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the altars was dedicated by soldiers of the <a href="/wiki/Legio_XX_Valeria_Victrix" title="Legio XX Valeria Victrix">Twentieth Legion</a> in the years 262-6.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1862 a broken slab was found with the name of <a href="/wiki/Hadrian" title="Hadrian">Hadrian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape1_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Associated_turrets">Associated turrets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milecastle_52&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Associated turrets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each milecastle on Hadrian's Wall had two associated <a href="/wiki/Turret_(Hadrian%27s_Wall)" title="Turret (Hadrian's Wall)">turret</a> structures. These turrets were positioned approximately one-third and two-thirds of a <a href="/wiki/Roman_mile" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman mile">Roman mile</a> to the west of the Milecastle, and would probably have been manned by part of the milecastle's garrison. The turrets associated with <b>Milecastle 52</b> are known as <b>Turret 52A</b> and <b>Turret 52B</b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turret_52A">Turret 52A</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milecastle_52&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Turret 52A"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Banks_East_Turret,_Hadrian%27s_Wall._-_geograph.org.uk_-_848200.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Banks_East_Turret%2C_Hadrian%27s_Wall._-_geograph.org.uk_-_848200.jpg/220px-Banks_East_Turret%2C_Hadrian%27s_Wall._-_geograph.org.uk_-_848200.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Banks_East_Turret%2C_Hadrian%27s_Wall._-_geograph.org.uk_-_848200.jpg/330px-Banks_East_Turret%2C_Hadrian%27s_Wall._-_geograph.org.uk_-_848200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Banks_East_Turret%2C_Hadrian%27s_Wall._-_geograph.org.uk_-_848200.jpg/440px-Banks_East_Turret%2C_Hadrian%27s_Wall._-_geograph.org.uk_-_848200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Turret 52A</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Turret 52A (Banks East)</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">grid reference</a> <span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Milecastle_52&params=54.975347_N_2.665843_W_region:GB_scale:25000">NY5747864729</a></span>) is situated by the road east of <a href="/wiki/Banks,_Cumbria" title="Banks, Cumbria">Banks</a> village.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Excavations in 1933 uncovered remains of the demolished Turf Wall abutting the turret's east wall.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The turret was in use from around the early 2nd century until at least the end of the 3rd century.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The entrance is on the southeast side, and traces of two hearths and a low bench along the north west wall.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape2_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The walls have been consolidated and restored, and stand to a maximum height of 1.75 metres.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape2_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The turret was the first section of Hadrian's Wall to be placed in the guardianship of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Works_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)">Ancient Monuments department</a> in 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape2_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turret_52B">Turret 52B</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milecastle_52&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Turret 52B"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Turret 52B</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">grid reference</a> <span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Milecastle_52&params=54.973877_N_2.673286_W_region:GB_scale:25000">NY57006457</a></span>) has never been located.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its position has been estimated in relation to Turret 52A and Milecastle 53.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape3_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It may lie beneath the modern road.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape3_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pike_Hill_Signal_Tower">Pike Hill Signal Tower</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milecastle_52&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pike Hill Signal Tower"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pike_Hill_Tower_on_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1337417.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Pike_Hill_Tower_on_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1337417.jpg/220px-Pike_Hill_Tower_on_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1337417.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Pike_Hill_Tower_on_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1337417.jpg/330px-Pike_Hill_Tower_on_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1337417.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Pike_Hill_Tower_on_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1337417.jpg/440px-Pike_Hill_Tower_on_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1337417.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Pike Hill Signal Tower</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pike_Hill_Signal_Tower" title="Pike Hill Signal Tower">Pike Hill Signal Tower</a></div> <p>The remains of Pike Hill Signal Tower are situated 170 metres east of Turret 52A.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape2_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The greater part of the signal tower has been destroyed by the modern road, but a fragment of its southeast wall, 2 metres long and 0.8 metres wide, is south of the road.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape4_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The signal tower is of interest because it predates Hadrian's Wall, which was later built around it. 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class="external text" href="http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=12708">MILECASTLE 52</a>, Pastscape, retrieved 4 December 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pastscape2-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pastscape2_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pastscape2_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pastscape2_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pastscape2_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pastscape2_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pastscape2_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pastscape2_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=12703">BANKS EAST TURRET</a>, Pastscape, retrieved 4 December 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pastscape3-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pastscape3_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pastscape3_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pastscape3_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=12714">TURRET 52B</a>, Pastscape, retrieved 4 December 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pastscape4-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pastscape4_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=12700">PIKE HILL SIGNAL TOWER</a>, Pastscape, retrieved 4 December 2013</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milecastle_52&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External 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Wall">Hadrian's Wall</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99cc88;;width:1%">Wall Forts (East to West)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Segedunum" title="Segedunum">Segedunum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pons_Aelius" title="Pons Aelius">Pons Aelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condercum" title="Condercum">Condercum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vindobala" title="Vindobala">Vindobala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunnum" title="Hunnum">Onnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cilurnum" title="Cilurnum">Cilurnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrawburgh" title="Carrawburgh">Procolita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housesteads_Roman_Fort" title="Housesteads Roman Fort">Vercovicium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aesica" title="Aesica">Aesica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnis_(Carvoran)" title="Magnis (Carvoran)">Magnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banna_(Birdoswald)" title="Banna (Birdoswald)">Banna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camboglanna" title="Camboglanna">Camboglanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petriana" title="Petriana">Uxelodunum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aballava" title="Aballava">Aballava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coggabata" title="Coggabata">Coggabata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mais_(Bowness)" title="Mais (Bowness)">Maia</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Britain_1.png/100px-Britain_1.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Britain_1.png/150px-Britain_1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Britain_1.png/200px-Britain_1.png 2x" data-file-width="2010" data-file-height="1362" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Milecastle_42%2C_Cawfields%2C_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57718.jpg/100px-Milecastle_42%2C_Cawfields%2C_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57718.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Milecastle_42%2C_Cawfields%2C_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57718.jpg/150px-Milecastle_42%2C_Cawfields%2C_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57718.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Milecastle_42%2C_Cawfields%2C_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57718.jpg/200px-Milecastle_42%2C_Cawfields%2C_Hadrian%27s_Wall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_57718.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99cc88;;width:1%">Outpost Forts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Habitancum" title="Habitancum">Habitancum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bewcastle_Roman_Fort" title="Bewcastle Roman Fort">Fanum Cocidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthuret#Netherby_Hall" title="Arthuret">Castra Exploratorum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blatobulgium" title="Blatobulgium">Blatobulgium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99cc88;;width:1%">Stanegate Forts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coria_(Corbridge)" title="Coria (Corbridge)">Corstopitum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newbrough" title="Newbrough">Newbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vindolanda" title="Vindolanda">Vindolanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haltwhistle_Burn#Roman_fort" title="Haltwhistle Burn">Haltwhistle Burn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnis_(Carvoran)" title="Magnis (Carvoran)">Magnis</a></li> <li>Throp</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nether_Denton" title="Nether Denton">Nether Denton</a></li> <li>Castle Hill Boothby</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brampton_Old_Church" title="Brampton Old Church">Brampton Old Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luguvalium" title="Luguvalium">Luguvalium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99cc88;;width:1%">Supply Forts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alauna_Carvetiorum" class="mw-redirect" title="Alauna Carvetiorum">Alauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbeia" title="Arbeia">Arbeia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coria_(Corbridge)" title="Coria (Corbridge)">Coria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vindomora" title="Vindomora">Vindomora</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99cc88;;width:1%">Cumbrian Coast Forts (North to South)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Bibra</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alauna_(Maryport)" title="Alauna (Maryport)">Alauna</a></li> <li>Burrow Walls</li> <li>Gabrosentum</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99cc88;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Milecastle" title="Milecastle">Milecastles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_0" title="Milecastle 0">0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_1" title="Milecastle 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_2" title="Milecastle 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_3" title="Milecastle 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_4" title="Milecastle 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_5" title="Milecastle 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_6" title="Milecastle 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_7" title="Milecastle 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_8" title="Milecastle 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_9" title="Milecastle 9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_10" title="Milecastle 10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_11" title="Milecastle 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_12" title="Milecastle 12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_13" title="Milecastle 13">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_14" title="Milecastle 14">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_15" title="Milecastle 15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_16" title="Milecastle 16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_17" title="Milecastle 17">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_18" title="Milecastle 18">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_19" title="Milecastle 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_20" title="Milecastle 20">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_21" title="Milecastle 21">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_22" title="Milecastle 22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_23" title="Milecastle 23">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_24" title="Milecastle 24">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_25" title="Milecastle 25">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_26" title="Milecastle 26">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_27" title="Milecastle 27">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_28" title="Milecastle 28">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_29" title="Milecastle 29">29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_30" title="Milecastle 30">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_31" title="Milecastle 31">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_32" title="Milecastle 32">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_33" title="Milecastle 33">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_34" title="Milecastle 34">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_35" title="Milecastle 35">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_36" title="Milecastle 36">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_37" title="Milecastle 37">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_38" title="Milecastle 38">38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_39" title="Milecastle 39">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_40" title="Milecastle 40">40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_41" title="Milecastle 41">41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_42" title="Milecastle 42">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_43" title="Milecastle 43">43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_44" title="Milecastle 44">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_45" title="Milecastle 45">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_46" title="Milecastle 46">46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_47" title="Milecastle 47">47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_48" title="Milecastle 48">48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_49" title="Milecastle 49">49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_50" title="Milecastle 50">50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_50TW" title="Milecastle 50TW">50TW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_51" title="Milecastle 51">51</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_53" title="Milecastle 53">53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_54" title="Milecastle 54">54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_55" title="Milecastle 55">55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_56" title="Milecastle 56">56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_57" title="Milecastle 57">57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_58" title="Milecastle 58">58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_59" title="Milecastle 59">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_60" title="Milecastle 60">60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_61" title="Milecastle 61">61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_62" title="Milecastle 62">62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_63" title="Milecastle 63">63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_64" title="Milecastle 64">64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_65" title="Milecastle 65">65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_66" title="Milecastle 66">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_67" title="Milecastle 67">67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_68" title="Milecastle 68">68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_69" title="Milecastle 69">69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_70" title="Milecastle 70">70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_71" title="Milecastle 71">71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_72" title="Milecastle 72">72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_73" title="Milecastle 73">73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_74" title="Milecastle 74">74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_75" title="Milecastle 75">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_76" title="Milecastle 76">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_77" title="Milecastle 77">77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_78" title="Milecastle 78">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_79" title="Milecastle 79">79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milecastle_80" title="Milecastle 80">80</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99cc88;;width:1%">Milefortlets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_1" title="Milefortlet 1">MF 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_2" title="Milefortlet 2">MF 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_3" title="Milefortlet 3">MF 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_4" title="Milefortlet 4">MF 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_5" title="Milefortlet 5">MF 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_9" title="Milefortlet 9">MF 9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_10" title="Milefortlet 10">MF 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_11" title="Milefortlet 11">MF 11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_12" title="Milefortlet 12">MF 12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_13" title="Milefortlet 13">MF 13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_14" title="Milefortlet 14">MF 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_15" title="Milefortlet 15">MF 15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_16" title="Milefortlet 16">MF 16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_17" title="Milefortlet 17">MF 17</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milefortlet_18&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Milefortlet 18 (page does not exist)">MF 18</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milefortlet_19&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Milefortlet 19 (page does not exist)">MF 19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_20" title="Milefortlet 20">MF 20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milefortlet_21" title="Milefortlet 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