Milecastle 68, Hadrian's Wall

Name: Milecastle 68
Address: Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom

#98 among attractions in Hadrian's Wall

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Milecastle 68 is a conjectured milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. The site of the milecastle has been calculated from measurement to known milecastle sites, but no remains providing proof of its existence have been identified. ()

Coordinates: 54°54'15"N, 2°58'15"W

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Hadrian's Wall United Kingdom

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Milecastle 68 – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Carlisle Castle, Tullie House, Carlisle city walls, Cumbria's Museum of Military Life.

1.2 miE
Grand 12th-century fortress and prison
Carlisle Castle, Carlisle
32 min walk • Carlisle Castle is in Carlisle, in the English county of Cumbria, near the ruins of Hadrian's Wall. The castle is over 900 years old and has been the scene of many historical episodes in British history.
1.3 miSE
Art museum, Museum, History museum
Tullie House, Carlisle
34 min walk • Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery is a museum in Carlisle, England. Opened by the Carlisle Corporation in 1893, the original building is a converted Jacobean mansion, with extensions added when it was converted. At first the building contained the museum and also a library, an art school and a technical school.
1.4 miSE
City wall
Carlisle city walls, Carlisle
36 min walk • Carlisle city walls were a defensive structure surrounding the centre of Carlisle, Cumbria. The city walls ran from Carlisle Castle in the north-west of the city to The Citadel in the south-east. Between these points, the city was protected by the former North and East Walls and the West Walls which remain largely intact.
1.2 miE
54°53'52"N • 2°56'33"W
Cumbria's Museum of Military Life, Carlisle
31 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
1.2 miE
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Milecastle 66, Carlisle
31 min walk • Milecastle 66 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
1.6 miSE
54°53'16"N • 2°56'38"W
The Source Collective, Carlisle
40 min walk • Theater, Museum, Bars and clubs
0.4 miSE
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Milecastle 67, Carlisle
12 min walk • Milecastle 67 is a conjectured milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. The site of the milecastle has been calculated from measurement to known milecastle sites, but no remains providing proof of its existence have been identified, though Roman coins were found in 1861, during the digging of the adjacent railway cutting.
1.1 miE
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Petriana, Carlisle
30 min walk • Uxelodunum was a Roman fort. It was the largest fort on Hadrian's Wall, and is now buried beneath the suburb of Stanwix, in Carlisle, Cumbria, England.
1 miNW
Area
Milecastle 69, Hadrian's Wall
27 min walk • Milecastle 69 was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian's Wall.
0.8 miNE
Neighbourhood
Etterby, Carlisle
20 min walk • Etterby is a former village in Cumbria, England. It is now a northwestern suburb of Carlisle, on the northern side of the River Eden. The Redfern Inn was designed by the architect Harry Redfern in the New Model Inn style. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 319.

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Which popular attractions are close to Milecastle 68?

Nearby attractions include Milecastle 67, Carlisle (12 min walk), Etterby, Carlisle (20 min walk).