- Source: Milecastle 5
5.180.24.3/info/milecastle" target="_blank">Milecastle 5 (Quarry House) was the first 5.180.24.3/info/milecastle" target="_blank">milecastle west of Pons Aelius fort of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. No remains exist of the 5.180.24.3/info/milecastle" target="_blank">milecastle, though its supposed position is at the junction of the A186 Westgate road and the B1311 Corporation Street. No remains currently exist.
Construction
Nothing is known of the long/axis or gateways type of 5.180.24.3/info/milecastle" target="_blank">Milecastle 5.
Excavations and investigations
1732 - Horsley surveyed the area, and noted that he:
thought there were visible signs of a castellum just behind the quarry-house
1858 - Henry MacLauchlan agreed the location, stating that:It is probable there was a Mile Castle where the Wall makes a bend at the top of Westgate Road
1968 - English Heritage Field Investigation. It was noted that all traces of the 5.180.24.3/info/milecastle" target="_blank">Milecastle had been obliterated by modern development.
Associated turrets
Each 5.180.24.3/info/milecastle" target="_blank">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 5.180.24.3/info/milecastle" target="_blank">Milecastle, and would probably have been manned by part of the 5.180.24.3/info/milecastle" target="_blank">milecastle's garrison. The turrets associated with 5.180.24.3/info/milecastle" target="_blank">Milecastle 5 are known as Turret 5A and Turret 5B.
= Turret 5A
=The discovery of 5.180.24.3/info/milecastle" target="_blank">Milecastle 4 some way from its presumed location has brought into question the presumed sites of all milecastles and turrets in this area. However, the site is included in the English Heritage Archive.
Presumed location: 54.973223°N 1.636761°W / 54.973223; -1.636761 (Turret 5A)
= Turret 5B
=The discovery of 5.180.24.3/info/milecastle" target="_blank">Milecastle 4 some way from its presumed location has brought into question the presumed sites of all milecastles and turrets in this area. However, the site is included in the English Heritage Archive.
Presumed location: 54.974144°N 1.644564°W / 54.974144; -1.644564 (Turret 5B)
Monument records
References
Bibliography
Daniels, Charles (1979), "Review: Fact and Theory on Hadrian's Wall", Britannia, 10: 357–364, JSTOR 526069