Milecastle 24, known as Wall Fell, was a small Roman fortlet on Hadrian's Wall constructed in the AD 120s during the original building programme under Hadrian. Like other milecastles, it would have housed a garrison of perhaps 20-30 auxiliary soldiers and controlled a gateway through the Wall, functioning as a checkpoint for movement and a base for patrols along this central sector between Portgate and Chesters.
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As one of the regularly spaced milecastles set at intervals of a Roman mile, it formed part of the integrated frontier system controlling north-south movement, taxation, and surveillance across the Tyne-Solway isthmus. Its position east of the North Tyne crossing placed it within a militarised zone supporting nearby Onnum (Halton Chesters) and the fort at Chesters (Cilurnum).
Milecastle 24 has left very little visible above ground and has not been subject to major excavation, with its position primarily known from the regular spacing of milecastles along the Wall and limited antiquarian observation. Comparable better-preserved examples in this sector, such as Milecastles 25 (Codlawhill) and 27 (Low Brunton), suggest it was likely a short-axis stone milecastle with Type III gateways, though this remains unconfirmed without excavation.
Milecastle 24, known as Wall Fell, was a small Roman fortlet on Hadrian's Wall constructed in the AD 120s during the original building programme under Hadrian. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fortlet site from the Roman period in Britain.
Milecastle 24 (Wall Fell) is classified as a Roman fortlet — a military site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
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