Milecastle 48, Hadrian's Wall

Name: Milecastle 48
Address: Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom

#18 among attractions in Hadrian's Wall

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Milecastle 48, is a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall. Its remains lie near the village of Gilsland in Cumbria where it was historically known as "The King's Stables", owing to the well-preserved interior walls. Unusually a substantial section of stone stairs has survived within the milecastle. The two turrets associated with this milecastle have also survived as above-ground masonry. ()

Coordinates: 54°59'20"N, 2°34'24"W

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Hadrian's Wall United Kingdom

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Milecastle 48 – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Birdoswald Roman Fort, Banna, Milecastle 49, St Mary Magdalene's Church.

1.1 miW
Museum
Birdoswald Roman Fort, Brampton
30 min walk • Birdoswald Roman Fort was known as Banna in Roman times, reflecting the geography of the site on a triangular spur of land bounded by cliffs to the south and east commanding a broad meander of the River Irthing in Cumbria below.
1.1 miW
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Banna, Hadrian's Wall
30 min walk • Birdoswald Roman Fort was known as Banna in Roman times, reflecting the geography of the site on a triangular spur of land bounded by cliffs to the south and east commanding a broad meander of the River Irthing in Cumbria below.
0.9 miW
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Milecastle 49, Hadrian's Wall
22 min walk • Milecastle 49 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
0.7 miN
Church
St Mary Magdalene's Church, Hadrian's Wall
18 min walk • St Mary Magdalene’s Church is a small mid-Victorian Anglican church on an isolated hillside in north-east Cumbria, England.
0.9 miE
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Milecastle 47, Hadrian's Wall
24 min walk • Milecastle 47 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
1.2 miN
Rock, Nature
Popping Stone, Hadrian's Wall
32 min walk • The Popping Stone is a group of three rounded boulders in the Irthing Gorge near the village of Gilsland. It was not always this shape, however, and photographs from before 1870 show a single, much larger stone that must have been drastically altered soon after this date.
1.1 miW
54°59'33"N • 2°36'4"W
Borders of the Roman Empire, Hadrian's Wall
29 min walk • The borders of the Roman Empire, which fluctuated throughout the empire's history, were realised as a combination of military roads and linked forts, natural frontiers and man-made fortifications which separated the lands of the empire from the countries beyond.