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Milecastle 0
Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Segedunum – If Milecastle 0 had existed, it would have been located here
Milecastle 0Location in Tyne and Wear
Coordinates	54°59′16″N 1°31′56″W / 54.98791°N 1.53231°W / 54.98791; -1.53231
Grid reference	NZ300660

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Milecastle 0 is a possible milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall which may have preexisted the fort of Segedunum. Although its existence has been suggested by historian Peter Hill, no evidence of this milecastle has been found. It is not known whether the decision to establish forts on the line of the wall predated the decision to extend the wall to Wallsend, so it is possible that this milecastle was never built.

Construction

Nothing is known of the construction of Milecastle 0.

Excavations and investigations

No excavations or investigations have taken place specifically for Milecastle 0. No evidence has been found during excavation of Segedunum.

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 0 are known as Turret 0A and Turret 0B.

Turret 0A

Nothing is known of this Turret.
Presumed site: 54°59′14″N 1°32′12″W / 54.987261°N 1.536619°W / 54.987261; -1.536619 (Turret 0A)

Turret 0B

Turret 0B (St Francis) is located east of St Francis Community Centre. It was first noted by John Horsley in 1732 who mistook it for Milecastle 1, and it is sometimes referred to as Horseley's Milecastle 1.
Eric Birley (still understanding it to be Milecastle 1) considered that it was rediscovered by Canon Fowler in 1877, and the structure was also recorded (and identified as a Turret) by John Collingwood-Bruce and Robert Blair , when it was discovered during the digging for foundations of 'The Grange'. The Turret was confirmed as such by Grace Simpson with reference to an article in The Evening Chronicle on 15 August 1936, which described an extension of Stotts Road, Walker which cut through 'the Roman Wall and one of its turrets near the Grange'. The turret's stones were later removed to Carville Chapel grounds to form rock gardens.

A single course of this Turret was unearthed in 1978.
Location: 54°59′07″N 1°32′36″W / 54.985265°N 1.543440°W / 54.985265; -1.543440 (Turret )0B)

Monument records

References

1. Hill, P.R. (2001), "Hadrian's Wall from MC0 to MC9", Archaeologia Aeliana : or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity (5th Series – Vol. 29 – 2001), vol. 29, no. 5th Series, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 3–18 doi:10.5284/1061058
2. ^ Breeze, David J (1934), Handbook to the Roman Wall (14th Revised edition – Nov 2006), Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, ISBN 0-901082-65-1
3. Horsley, John (1732), Britannia Romana, London: John Osborne and Thomas Longman
4. Birley, Eric (1960), "Hadrian's Wall: some structural problems", Archaeologia Aeliana, vol. 38, no. Series 4, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 40–46, doi:10.5284/1060319{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
5. Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (1886), Archaeologia Aeliana : Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (Vol. 2 – 1886), Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, p. 190
6. Blair, Robert (1895), Handbook to the Roman Wall (4th edition), Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 40–46
7. Simpson, Grace (1975), "The moving milecastle: or how Turret 0B came to be called Milecastle 1", Archaeologia Aeliana, vol. 3, no. 5th Series, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 105–115, doi:10.5284/1060626{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

Bibliography

• Daniels, Charles (1979), "Review: Fact and Theory on Hadrian's Wall", Britannia, 10: 357–364, JSTOR 526069

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