Milecastle 31, Hadrian's Wall

Name: Milecastle 31
Address: Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom

#58 among attractions in Hadrian's Wall

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Milecastle 31 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as a turf covered platform beside the B6318 Military Road, just to the east of Carrawburgh fort. ()

Coordinates: 55°2'5"N, 2°13'48"W

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Hadrian's Wall United Kingdom

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Milecastle 31 – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chipchase Castle, Broomlee Lough, Chesters Roman Fort and Museum, Milecastle 33.

3.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Chipchase Castle
87 min walk • Chipchase Castle is a 17th-century Jacobean mansion incorporating a substantial 14th-century pele tower, which stands north of Hadrian's Wall, near Wark on Tyne, between Bellingham and Hexham in Northumberland, England.
4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Broomlee Lough, Hadrian's Wall
102 min walk • Broomlee Lough is an inland lake in Northumberland, England at the southern edge of Northumberland National Park. The lough lies immediately north of the course of Hadrian's Wall. Old legends portray the lake as a repository of hidden treasure.
3.6 miE
Museum
Chesters Roman Fort and Museum, Hexham
92 min walk • Housesteads Roman Fort is the remains of an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland, England, south of Broomlee Lough.
1.7 miW
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Milecastle 33, Hadrian's Wall
45 min walk • Milecastle 33 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall, one of a series of small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along the length of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern England.
1.5 miE
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Limestone Corner, Hadrian's Wall
38 min walk • Limestone Corner is an area of Hadrian's Wall at its most northerly point, in present-day northern England. It represents the most northerly point of the Roman Empire, outside the two periods during which the Antonine Wall was occupied by the Roman military.
1.9 miE
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Milecastle 29, Hadrian's Wall
49 min walk • Milecastle 29 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as a mutilated earth platform accentuated by deep robber-trenches around all sides, and are located beside the B6318 Military Road.
~1560 ftE
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Carrawburgh, Hadrian's Wall
8 min walk • Carrawburgh is a settlement in Northumberland. In Roman times, it was the site of a 3+1⁄2-acre auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall called Brocolitia, Procolita, or Brocolita. This name is probably based on the Celtic name for the place, and one possible translation put forward is 'badger holes'.
2.9 miSW
Area
Stanegate, Hadrian's Wall
75 min walk • The Stanegate was an important Roman road built in what is now northern England. It linked many forts including two that guarded important river crossings: Corstopitum on the River Tyne in the east, and situated on Dere Street, and Luguvalium on the River Eden in the west.
3.7 miE
Area
Cilurnum, Hadrian's Wall
94 min walk • Cilurnum or Cilurvum was a fort on Hadrian's Wall mentioned in the Notitia Dignitatum. It is now identified with the fort found at Chesters near the village of Walwick, Northumberland, England. It was built in 123 AD, just after the wall's completion.
1 miE
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Milecastle 30, Hadrian's Wall
27 min walk • Milecastle 30 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as an outward-facing scarp with a maximum height of 0.8 metres. Masonry from the east wall remains in situ. The remaining stretch is 3.1 metres in length by 2.25 metres thick, and survives to a height of 0.6 metres.
3.7 miN
Bridge
Wark Bridge
94 min walk • Wark Bridge is an iron bridge over the River North Tyne at Wark on Tyne in Northumberland.