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Gilsland, Northumberland, England

 Subject

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

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Mile Castle, Gilsland, c 1900

 Item — Box Box 5 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/C/2/9/3
Scope and Contents

Black and white postcard showing Milecastle 48, located on the south-west of the village of Gilsland and one of the best preserved milecastles on the entire length of Hadrian's Wall. Milecastles were built at every Roman mile along the wall to enable control of people crossing from one side of the wall to the other.

Dates: c 1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / Scenes of Scotland / Scenes of Scotland: photographic prints / South-east Scotland and east Borders