Milecastle 27 (Low Brunton) is one of the small fortlets built at roughly Roman-mile intervals along Hadrian's Wall, constructed in the 120s AD under Hadrian and occupied, with interruptions, into the late 4th century. It lies just west of the North Tyne crossing at Chesters (Cilurnum), in the central sector of the Wall, and would have housed a small garrison of perhaps 8–32 auxiliary soldiers controlling movement through a gate piercing the curtain.
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Its position immediately west of the Chesters fort and the river crossing made it part of a tightly controlled zone where the Wall met a major north–south route, supplementing the larger garrison at Cilurnum. Like its neighbours it functioned as a checkpoint regulating traffic, taxation, and surveillance across the frontier rather than as an offensive installation.
Very little survives above ground and the site has not seen major modern excavation; its position is known largely from the regular spacing of Wall structures and antiquarian observation rather than detailed investigation. No significant assemblage of finds is published for this milecastle specifically, and questions of its gateway type (long-axis or short-axis) and internal layout remain undetermined.
Milecastle 27 (Low Brunton) is one of the small fortlets built at roughly Roman-mile intervals along Hadrian's Wall, constructed in the 120s AD under Hadrian and occupied, with interruptions, into the late 4th century. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fortlet site from the Roman period in Britain.
Milecastle 27 (Low Brunton) 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.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Unnamed Roman bridgehead (0.3 km), Baths of Cilurnum (0.4 km), Turret 26B (Brunton) (0.5 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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