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Milecastle 6
Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Milecastle 6 probably lies under the A186 road
Milecastle 6Location in Tyne and Wear
Coordinates	54°58′29″N 1°39′11″W / 54.974663°N 1.653079°W / 54.974663; -1.653079
Grid reference	NZ22306450

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Milecastle 6 (Benwell Grove) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall.

Construction

The exact location of this milecastle is unknown but the wall in this area runs beneath the A186. The area is built over with roads and terraced houses and no milecastle remains are known.

Excavations and investigations

In 1966 J Collingwood Bruce suggested that the site of Milecastle 6 lay beneath the Benwell Grove road in Newcastle.

Associated turrets

Each milecastle on Hadrian's Wall had two associated turret structures. These turrets were positioned approximately one-third and two-thirds of a Roman mile to the west of the Milecastle, and would probably have been manned by part of the milecastle's garrison. The turrets associated with Milecastle 6 are known as Turret 6A and Turret 6B.

Turret 6A

Turret 6A has never been located from its remains. It has been positioned from the average distance to Turret 6B. This places Turret 6A approximately 90 yards (82 m) east of the eastern rampart of Condercum fort. This places it underneath the houses and road of Westholme Gardens in Benwell.

Location: 54°58′35″N 1°39′45″W / 54.976487°N 1.662437°W / 54.976487; -1.662437 (Turret 6A)

Turret 6B

Turret 6B (Benwell Hill) was discovered by Robert Shafto in 1751, during construction of the Military Road, Shafto stated that it was approximately 4 yards (3.7 m) square. It was positioned at a point 308 yards (282 m) west of the western rampart of Condercum. This places it somewhere near to the modern road of Two Ball Lonnen. All surface trace of the turret had been obliterated by modern development by 1968.

Location: 54°58′42″N 1°40′08″W / 54.978391°N 1.668827°W / 54.978391; -1.668827 (Turret 6B)

Monument records

References

1. ^ "Milecastle 6". Pastscape. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 10 September 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
2. ^ "Turret 6A". Pastscape. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 10 September 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
3. Breeze, David J (1934), Handbook to the Roman Wall (14th Revised edition – Nov 2006), Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, p. 158, ISBN 0-901082-65-1
4. ^ "Turret 6B". Pastscape. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 10 September 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.

v t e Forts and structures of Hadrian's Wall
Wall Forts (East to West)	Segedunum Pons Aelius Condercum Vindobala Onnum Cilurnum Procolita Vercovicium Aesica Magnis Banna Camboglanna Uxelodunum Aballava Coggabata Maia
Outpost Forts	Habitancum Fanum Cocidi Castra Exploratorum Blatobulgium
Stanegate Forts	Corstopitum Newbrough Vindolanda Haltwhistle Burn Magnis Throp Nether Denton Castle Hill Boothby Brampton Old Church Luguvalium
Supply Forts	Alauna Arbeia Coria Vindomora
Cumbrian Coast Forts (North to South)	Bibra Alauna Burrow Walls Gabrosentum
Milecastles	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 50TW 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Milefortlets	MF 1 MF 2 MF 3 MF 4 MF 5 MF 9 MF 10 MF 11 MF 12 MF 13 MF 14 MF 15 MF 16 MF 17 MF 18 MF 19 MF 20 MF 21 MF 22 MF 23 MF 24 MF 25
Other structures on Hadrian's Wall	Portgate Planetrees (Hadrian's Wall section) Chesters Bridge Limestone Corner Knag Burn Gateway Peel Gap Tower Willowford Bridge Pike Hill Signal Tower
Regular and linear features	Vallum Military Way Hadrian's Wall Path Turrets

• Milecastles of Hadrian's Wall